- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Green Umbrella Publishing (31 Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905009003
- ISBN-13: 978-1905009008
- Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 15 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #64 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Cricket > Reference
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The Little Book of Cricket by Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb is packed full of cricket highlights and stories which are certain to appeal to lovers of the game. This unique A-Z profiles cricket's history and complexities in an entertaining and informative way, and includes a fascinating mix of opinions and anecdotes.
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The Little Book of Cricket by Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb is packed full of cricket highlights and stories which are certain to appeal to lovers of the game. This unique A-Z profiles cricket's history and complexities in an entertaining and informative way, and includes a fascinating mix of opinions and anecdotes.
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THE ASHES ARE THE OLDEST and - despite Australia's world dominance in recent years - most venerated contest in cricket. Read the first page
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This is a delightful little book dedicated to an A -Z overview of the gentleman's game known as cricket. It presents cricket in a broad and comprehensive manner for such a relatively brief book, but retains throughout an entertaining, even humourous attitude to the facts, figures and events that are conveyed. This distinctly English game is based entirely upob the notion of good behaviour and fair play - where playing the game correctly with a refined mindset and a controlled physical bearing are more important than actually winning.
The hardback (2009) Green Umbrella edition contains 127 numbered pages and is separated into 26 entries - one for each letter of the alphabet. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographs. The chapters are:
A = Ashes. B = Bat & Ball. C = Captaincy. D = Declaration. E = Extras. F = Fielding. G = Grass. H = Headgear. I = International Cricket Council. J = Jaffa. K = Knights. L = LBW. M = Matchfixing. N = Nets. O = Oval. P = Paviliob. Q = Quicks. R = Runs. S = Scoring. T = Twenty20. U = Umpiring. V = Village Cricket. W = Wicket-keeper. ?X = X-ray. Y = Yips. Z = Zoom.
It is a remarkable array of cricket trivia, but running through the centre of the main narrative is a clear presentation of the history of cricket as a distinct game, to the extent that the facts can be established and varified. The beginnings of cricket are obscured by history, but the authors of this book explain that an early form of cricket was being played before the end of the 16th century, and probably originated in southeast England.
In a very real sense, the game of cricket appears to have been a highly localised event that best expressed the attitudes and conventions of the people who founded it. Through the British empire, the game of cricket has spread all over the world, producing other great cricketing nations such as India, Sri Lanka, Australia and the West Indies, etc. Modern cricket has developed over hundreds of years and currently is governed by 42 rules. As an English game, the standard rules were established by the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1788. Today, the game is governed by the International Cricket Council - that although based in the UK is comprised of 105 nations worldwide. The perfect A to Z. Superb - each page delights the reader with a new and often unexpected fact.
The hardback (2009) Green Umbrella edition contains 127 numbered pages and is separated into 26 entries - one for each letter of the alphabet. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photographs. The chapters are:
A = Ashes. B = Bat & Ball. C = Captaincy. D = Declaration. E = Extras. F = Fielding. G = Grass. H = Headgear. I = International Cricket Council. J = Jaffa. K = Knights. L = LBW. M = Matchfixing. N = Nets. O = Oval. P = Paviliob. Q = Quicks. R = Runs. S = Scoring. T = Twenty20. U = Umpiring. V = Village Cricket. W = Wicket-keeper. ?X = X-ray. Y = Yips. Z = Zoom.
It is a remarkable array of cricket trivia, but running through the centre of the main narrative is a clear presentation of the history of cricket as a distinct game, to the extent that the facts can be established and varified. The beginnings of cricket are obscured by history, but the authors of this book explain that an early form of cricket was being played before the end of the 16th century, and probably originated in southeast England.
In a very real sense, the game of cricket appears to have been a highly localised event that best expressed the attitudes and conventions of the people who founded it. Through the British empire, the game of cricket has spread all over the world, producing other great cricketing nations such as India, Sri Lanka, Australia and the West Indies, etc. Modern cricket has developed over hundreds of years and currently is governed by 42 rules. As an English game, the standard rules were established by the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1788. Today, the game is governed by the International Cricket Council - that although based in the UK is comprised of 105 nations worldwide. The perfect A to Z. Superb - each page delights the reader with a new and often unexpected fact.
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great book!
2 Jan 2011
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bought this for my uncle, former pro cricketeer, he loves it, began reading it immediately and couldn't put it down, shipment was fast, can't recommend this book/vendor more highly!!
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