Nicholas Cricket
Author: Joyce Maxner
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNicholas Cricket and the other members of the Bug-a-Wug Cricket Band lead all the forest creatures in a musical celebration of the night.
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A Beautiful Game
Author: Mark Nicholas
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9781525238314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMark Nicholas, anchor for Channel 9's Test commentary team in Australia and Channel 5's Cricket on Five show in the UK, has a unique knowledge and perspective on the world game of cricket. As both a former player and now a professional observer and commentator on the game he knows all the key figures in the sport and has witnessed first-hand some of cricket's greatest moments ... His book is a personal account of the game as he's seen and experienced it. Focusing on England and Australia, the two countries he's intimately familiar with, Mark takes us through the modern game, illuminating the arts of batting, bowling and captaincy, and giving us a wealth of detail about the world's greatest players, as well as epic Ashes battles ... Informed by Mark's own experiences and observations, and filled with wonderful anecdotes, larger than life characters, and an extraordinary breadth of cricket knowledge, A Beautiful Game shows why Mark is so passionate about the sport, and exactly why cricket really is the world's beautiful game.
The Daily Telegraph Book of Cricket
Author: Nick Hoult
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9781845132583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemarkably, a paper as committed to sports coverage as the "Telegraph" has neve collected all its best cricket writing over the years into one volume. Now, Nck Hoult, who covers cricket for the paper's sports desk, has filled that gap.here is a wealth of material. The early coverage from the start of the twentith century, is evocative reportage, ranging from the deaths of W.G. Grace andictor Trumper and the exploits of C.B. Fry, through Douglas Jardine's own selfpenned column on the Bodyline series, to "Jim" Swanton's magisterial distillatons of Don Bradman's Ashes performances. From the seventies, however, sports jurnalism evolved into features, profiles and analysis, with for the "Telegraph the superb writing of Tony Lewis on, for example, Clive Lloyd's all-conquerin West Indians and the first World Cup. Then, into the nineties the more whimsial and personal cricket writing from the likes of Martin Johnson, Mark Nichola and Simon Hughes, covering both keenly fought Tests and the most bucolic couny match at Bournemouth, with Barry Richards hammering a hundred before lunch.
The Authors XI
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-06-06
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1408840464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCricket has perhaps held more writers in its thrall than any other sport: many excellent books have been written about it, and many great authors have played it. The Authors Cricket Club used to play regularly against teams made up of Publishers and Actors. They last played in 1912, and include among their alumni such greats as PG Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle and JM Barrie. A hundred years on from their last match, a team of modern-day authors has been assembled to continue this fine literary and sporting tradition in a nationwide tour in search of the perfect day's cricket. The Authors XI is the story of their season. Over the course of a summer they played over a dozen matches, each one carefully chosen for capturing an aspect of cricket, in some of England's most spectacular and historic grounds, against a wide range of opponents. Each player contributes a chapter about one of their fixtures, using a match report as a starting point for an essay on cricket and its appeal, both historically and today. From Matthew Parker on cricket and empire, and Kamila Shamsie on the women's game, to Tom Holland on cricket and ageing, and Thomas Penn on cricket and history, this is an engaging look at cricket's enduring appeal. Further chapters from other team members examine issues such as class, empire, and sport and the stage.
Cricket Radio
Author: John Himmelman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-03-15
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 0674046900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exercise routine hosted by professional dancer and fitness expert Barbi Powers leads viewers through a complete ballet and classical dance inspired workout, designed to increase core strength, balance, and grace, all while teaching viewers the most popular poses and moves in modern dance and ballet. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
Music through Children's Literature
Author: Donna Levene
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1993-05-15
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 0313079234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevelop music appreciation among your students with folk songs, rhythmic poems, stories with musical themes, and picture books with strong musical links. Designed for teaching flexibility, these lessons can be adapted according to a teacher's level of musical proficiency and time limitations. Sections cover rhythm, melody, form, instruments, music history, and dance forms, with lively activities that involve singing, playing instruments, chanting, and movement. These are perfect for the nonmusician who is teaching music as well as the seasoned music specialist.
An Island's Eleven
Author: Nicholas Brookes
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2022-12-12
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9354928269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Sathasivam to Sangakkara, Murali to Malinga, Sri Lanka can lay claim to some of the world's most remarkable cricketers - larger-than-life characters who thumbed convention and played the game their own way. More so than anywhere else in the world, Sri Lankan cricket has an identity. This is the land of pint-sized swashbuckling batsman, on-the-fly innovators and contorted, cryptic spinners. On the field of play, Victorian ideals of the past collide with madcap tropical hedonism to create something dizzying. Cricket is Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is cricket. We all know the story of the '96 World Cup: how a team of unfancied amateurs rose from obscurity to the top the world, doing so with such swagger that they changed the way the game was played. Yet the lore of Sri Lankan cricket stretches back much further. In the early days, matches between colonists and locals imbued cricket with a nationalistic drive. Ashes-bound ships stopping over in Colombo brought the world's biggest stars, from Bligh and Bradman to Grace and Grimmet. More recently, Sri Lanka has had to face the triumphs and tragedies that come when cash flows freely into the gentleman's game. An Island's Eleven tells this story for the first time, focusing on the characters and moments that have shaped the game forever.
Cricket Kathas
Author: Mahesh Kutty
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2022-10-19
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn our country, cricketers are revered as demigods, and the game is more of a religion than a sport. Needless to say, fans are yearning for anecdotes about cricketers both on and off the field. ‘Cricket Kathas’ is the ideal book for cricket enthusiasts. There are intriguing tales about several champion cricketers who inspired many of us to enjoy the game. The stories do not just feature Indian players, but also those from Australia, Pakistan, England, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and New Zealand. Don Bradman is widely regarded as the greatest batsman in history, but only a few people are aware that he was also an exceptional billiards player. In fact, he vanquished World Champion Walter Lindrum without even giving him a chance. Most of us who grew up watching cricket in the 1970s and 1980s wondered if Vivian Richards would have been successful against his own fast bowlers. Richards and Marshall once fought hard in a county match that will go down in history as one of the most epic battles in county cricket. Nobody can dispute Sachin Tendulkar’s brilliance, but how many of his ardent fans are aware that he once batted in the nets with his eyes closed? These and other incredible stories are collected in ‘Cricket Kathas’.
Cricket, Literature and Culture
Author: Anthony Bateman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-13
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1317158040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. Examining newspaper accounts, instructional books, fiction, poetry, and the work of editors, anthologists, and historians, Bateman elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning. His critique of writing about cricket leads to the rediscovery of little-known texts and the reinterpretation of well-known works by authors as diverse as Neville Cardus, James Joyce, the Great War poets, and C.L.R. James. Beginning with mid-eighteenth century accounts of cricket that provide essential background, Bateman examines the literary evolution of cricket writing against the backdrop of key historical moments such as the Great War, the 1926 General Strike, and the rise of Communism. Several case studies show that cricket simultaneously asserted English ideals and created anxiety about imperialism, while cricket's distinctively colonial aesthetic is highlighted through Bateman's examination of the discourse surrounding colonial cricket tours and cricketers like Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of India and Sir Learie Constantine of Trinidad. Featuring an extensive bibliography, Bateman's book shows that, while the discourse surrounding cricket was key to its status as a symbol of nation and empire, the embodied practice of the sport served to destabilise its established cultural meaning in the colonial and postcolonial contexts.
