Cricket For Dummies
Cricket For Dummies

Author: Julian Knight

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 9781119996569

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Whether you’re a weekend cricketer or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you make sense of this fascinating sport. Not just a jargon busting guide to cricket’s laws, techniques and tactics, it also contains advice on kitting yourself out and provides lessons on playing the game and improving your batting, bowling and fielding skills. For the budding fan, there’s a guide to the greatest players, the memorable matches, and a tour through the cricketing scene – both domestic and international – giving you the knowledge you need to fully appreciate this special game. This book has been updated for the Ashes 2009, featuring revised information on new players, the Indian premier league, Stanford 20:20 and the latest coverage of past and future competitions. Julian Knight is a BBC journalist, writer, and cricket enthusiast. He is a former youth coach and captain, and has been a club cricketer for over 20 years. Consultant Editor Gary Palmer played first class cricket for ten years with Somerset before becoming a professional coach.

The Boys' Guide to Cricket - Including Hints on Batting, Bowling, Fielding, and Equipment
The Boys' Guide to Cricket - Including Hints on Batting, Bowling, Fielding, and Equipment

Author: Anon

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1473357322

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“The Boys' Guide to Cricket” is a simple and concise guide to the game of cricket aimed at children. This volume covers all the basics of the game, from the required equipment and how to hold the bat to running, bowling, and beyond. Written in simple language and full of helpful diagrams, “The Boys' Guide to Cricket” is ideal for children with an interest in learning the game. Contents include: “Cricket”, “Bats”, “Weight and Size”, “Quality of Bat”, “Care of Bat”, “Pads”, “Batting Gloves”, “Boots”, “Ball”, “Hints on Batting”, “Holding the Bat”, “How to Stand”, “Playing the Ball”, “General Hints on Batting”, “Running”, “Bowling”, “Hints on Bowling”, “Hints on Fielding”, “Books on Cricket”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of cricket.