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'Rob Smyth's 'The Spirit of Cricket' wants to know: what makes cricket the greatest game on earth? And he helpfully and entertainingly gives umpteen examples to provide the answer.' --Sport Magazine
'Like everything written by Rob his book combines an encyclopaedic knowledge of cricket matches, anecdotes and facts with delicious turns of phrase.' --Andy Bull - TheGuardian.co.uk
'Smyth's love of the game shines out from every page. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the personalities and events that have shaped cricket over the past three centuries.' --The Irish Times
'Like everything written by Rob his book combines an encyclopaedic knowledge of cricket matches, anecdotes and facts with delicious turns of phrase.' --Andy Bull - TheGuardian.co.uk
'Smyth's love of the game shines out from every page. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the personalities and events that have shaped cricket over the past three centuries.' --The Irish Times
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In the year 2000, in an attempt to preserve the best traditions of cricket, the MCC and the ICC agreed to incorporate a preamble to the laws of the game, entitled The Spirit of Cricket. The Spirit of Cricket is a compelling collection of the great moments in cricket history that epitomise the best of the game. Spanning the globe, featuring cricketers from all the major playing nations and covering moments from the Ashes in the nineteenth century to the IPL in the twenty-first, this is the perfect read for cricket lovers everywhere.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a delightful book, in which Rob Smyth attempts to deal with the virtually indefinable 'spirit of cricket'. Although there are many accounts of obvious examples, such as the cover picture of Flintoff and Lee in 2005, there are more varied and less expected areas of discussion too, such as the delight in genuine attacking cricket, or excellence in a particular aspect of the game, such as Curtly Ambrose demolishing England in 1994. There are also fascinating inserts from many famous cricketing names on their understanding of the spirit of cricket. Highly recommended for cricket lovers.
26 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
....that is, he's mostly drunk, abusive and follically challenged. I doubt I'll even read it. But I haven't read the Bible either, and that seems to have shifted a few copies. Yeah, go on - buy it.
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