A History & Guide to the Cricket World Cup
A History & Guide to the Cricket World Cup

Author: Andrew Roberts

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2019-01-30

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1526753626

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A corker cricket book for longtime fans and rookies alike—a history of each of the eleven World Cup tournaments, including in-depth statistics. The Cricket World Cup is one of the most watched global sporting events and its celebrated history consumes fans around the world. Now, each of the eleven tournaments has been written up to include records of matches and individual performances, as well as a brief setting of the scene. Clear and concise, these chapters include the relevant statistics (highest and lowest totals, match aggregates, highest partnerships, top individual batting and bowling performances and biggest and smallest victory margins, etc.). Quirky findings such as the lowest team total to include a century partnership, birthday performances, most batsmen bowled out in an innings, as well as many more, are revealed in the miscellany section, and are sure to delight cricket lovers. A History & Guide to the Cricket World Cup is informative, factual and engaging, making it the perfect companion for fans.

Cricket World Cup: A Summary of the Tournaments Since 1975
Cricket World Cup: A Summary of the Tournaments Since 1975

Author: French Toast

Publisher: French Toast

Published: 2014-10-08

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 1311429239

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This book summarizes every cricket world cup since the first one in 1975. It includes every game and every score, the different formats and ways in which teams have been pitted against each other over the years, the host countries, and a short history of how the world cup got its start. Also included is a list of games played in 2015 in Australia and New Zealand, up to the start of the quarter finals.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author: Hugh Chisholm

Publisher:

Published: 1910

Total Pages: 1090

ISBN-13:

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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

ICC Cricket World Cup England and Wales 2019
ICC Cricket World Cup England and Wales 2019

Author: Chris Hawkes

Publisher: Carlton Books

Published: 2019-04-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781787392199

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ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019: The Official Book is a celebration of the world's most important 50-over cricket tournament, the World Cup. Eight teams will be joining hosts England in the summer 2019 trying to prise loose the grip on the trophy, enjoyed by Australia (they have been world champions four of the last five times). Eleven venues will stage the 48 matches across England and Wales, from Taunton and Cardiff to Headingley and Chester-le-Street between 30 May and 14 July. This book contains everything fans will need, from venue guides to detailed information on every team in the finals, key players, playing strengths, coaches, past form and a prediction of teams' hopes of success. In addition to the fill-in ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019 fixture schedule, famous games are recalled in special features, together with biographies of the men most likely to light up the tournament. The Cricket World Cup's glorious history and tournament records are also fully covered making ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019: The Official Book essential reading for all fans interested in one-day cricket in its longer format.ed making ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019: The Official Book essential reading for all fans interested in one-day cricket in its longer format.ed making ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019: The Official Book essential reading for all fans interested in one-day cricket in its longer format.ed making ICC Cricket World Cup England 2019: The Official Book essential reading for all fans interested in one-day cricket in its longer format.

`Race', Sport and British Society
`Race', Sport and British Society

Author: Ben Carrington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1134578164

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Contrary to the popular belief that sport is an arena largely free from the corrosive effects of racism, this book argues that racism is evident throughout British sport. From playing fields and boardrooms of sports organisations, to the offices of sports policy makers and the media, this book breaks new ground in showing how discourses of 'race' and nation continue to pervade our sporting life. Looking at a range of sports, including football, rugby league and cricket, this book covers key topics such as: * British nationalism and nationalist ideology * racial science and the images of Asian and black physicality * sport, racism and the law * black feminism and the issues of race, gender and sport * the role of the media in perpetuating and challenging racial stereotypes. Challenging the prevailing liberal view that sport is one area of society where 'good race-relations' are developed, this book offers a wealth of research material, and a strong theoretical perspective on contemporary British sport. It will therefore be of vital interest to sociologists, sports studies students, sport policy-makers and anyone with an interest in contemporary British sport.

World in Union
World in Union

Author: James Dixon

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1782559078

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World in Union is the story of the Rugby World Cup told via its fifteen most important and dramatic matches. From the inauspicious beginnings of the 1987 tournament, which nearly didn't happen due to back-room politics, and the amateur era's aversion to commercialism, the Rugby World Cup has grown into the third largest sporting event in the world, behind only the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics. World in Union looks at the greatest games and the biggest controversies played out on the Rugby World Cup stage with each chapter focusing on a different game. Western Samoa breaking Welsh hearts, the emergence of Jonah Lomu, Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar uniting the Rainbow Nation, Wilkinson's drop for World Cup glory, France's habit of spoiling the All Blacks' party, Sam Warburton's controversial sending off and Japan's greatest moment—all this and more is covered in this enjoyable narrative for all rugby fans.

Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport
Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport

Author: Rob Steen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-06-26

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13: 1408181363

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014 Spectator sport is living, breathing, non-stop theatre for all. Focusing on spectator sports and their accompanying issues, tracing their origins, evolution and impact, inside the lines and beyond the boundary, this book offers a thematic history of professional sport and the ingredients that magnetise millions around the globe. It tells the stories that matter: from the gladiators of Rome to the runners of Rift Valley via the innovator-missionaries of Rugby School; from multi-faceted British exports to the Americanisation of professionalism and the Indianisation of cricket. Rob Steen traces the development of these sports which captivate the turnstile millions and the mouse-clicking masses, addressing their key themes and commonalities, from creation myths to match fixing via race, politics, sexuality and internationalism. Insightful and revelatory, this is an entertaining exploration of spectator sports' intrinsic place in culture and how sport imitates life – and life imitates sport.

Sport in South Asian Society
Sport in South Asian Society

Author: Boria Majumdar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1317998944

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A detailed study of sports' arrival, spread and advance in colonial and post-colonial South Asia. A selection of articles addresses critical issues of nationalism, communalism, commercialism and gender through the lens of sport. This book makes the point that the social histories of South Asian sport cannot be understood by simply looking at the history of the game in one province or region. Furthermore, it demonstrates that it would be wrong to understand sport in terms of the exigencies of the colonial state. Drawing inspiration from C.L.R. James' well-known epigram, 'What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?' the findings suggest that South Asian sport makes sense only when it is placed within the broader colonial and post-colonial context. The book demonstrates that sport not only influences politics and vice versa, but that the two are inseparable. Sport is not only political, it is politics, intrigue, culture and art. To deny this is to denigrate the position of sport in modern South Asian society. This volume was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime
The Routledge International Handbook on Hate Crime

Author: Nathan Hall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-25

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1136684433

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This edited collection brings together many of the world's leading experts, both academic and practitioner, in a single volume handbook that examines key international issues in the field of hate crime. Collectively it examines a range of pertinent areas with the ultimate aim of providing a detailed picture of the hate crime 'problem' in different parts of the world. The book is divided into four parts: An examination, covering theories and concepts, of issues relating to definitions of hate crime, the individual and community impacts of hate crime, the controversies of hate crime legislation, and theoretical approaches to understanding offending. An exploration of the international geography of hate, in which each chapter examines a range of hate crime issues in different parts of the world, including the UK, wider Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Reflections on a number of different perspectives across a range of key issues in hate crime, examining areas including particular issues affecting different victim groups, the increasingly important influence of the Internet, and hate crimes in sport. A discussion of a range of international efforts being utilised to combat hate and hate crime. Offering a strong international focus and comprehensive coverage of a wide range of hate crime issues, this book is an important contribution to hate crime studies and will be essential reading for academics, students and practitioners interested in this field.

Discover With Derek - 2
Discover With Derek - 2

Author: Derek O'Brien

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780143335511

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Learn the fun way with Derek O'Brien Page after page of colourful illustrations and interesting information that help you learn quickly. Separate pages of facts and quizzes to help you grasp information at a glance. Eight sections on People, Sports, Travel, Science, Nature, India, History and Literature and a Mixed Bag provide detailed overviews of various areas of knowledge. The best knowledge activity book in the Indian market from the biggest name in children's quizzing today. Discover with Derek is a three-part knowledge-n-quiz activity book for 8 to 13-year-olds. Part 1 is for 8 and 9-year olds. Part 2 is for 10 and 11-year olds. Part 3 is for 12 and 13-year olds.