Cricket category: 444 books
Physiof Cricket
From Hotspot to Statistics
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Spin, swing, seam, irregular bounce, using the pace of the ball, Hawkeye - cricket is littered with technical terms and, increasingly, with technology. The Pakistani bowlers who, in the 1980s, discovered that under certain circumstances they could get the ball to swing through the air in the opposite...
Funniest, Wittiest & Nuttiest Cricket Quotes
200+ rib-tickling gems by cricket's finest commentators and players
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2018
“Clearly the West Indies are going to play their normal game, which is what they normally do” ~ Tony Greig
“As a preparation for a Test match, the domestic game is the equivalent of training for the Olympic marathon by taking the dog for a walk” ~ Martin Johnson
“England's...
by Patrick Loughlin, Glenn Maxwell
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Fast and furious cricket action featuring Australian T20 star Glenn Maxwell!
Lucky Break
Will Albright is a batting whiz and captain of his local cricket team. But when he is nominated to attend a T20 training camp, Will soon discovers that standing out in a sea of young talent isn't easy....
Winning Edge
Behind the scenes of elite cricket
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Winning Edge takes you inside the dressing room, onto the field and into the mind of one of Australia’s best elite cricketers, Mike Hussey.In this behind-the-scenes look into the world of first-class cricket, Hussey reveals how he kept his mind on the game when the media chatter got too loud,...
28 Days' Data
England's Troubled Relationship with One Day Cricket
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
We will have to look at the data. As this quote hit the airwaves it was said to sum up England's backward and stuttering performance at the 2015 World Cup. It didn't matter that Peter Moores, the coach at the time, had been misheard - he said he would look at it later. The narrative of a team held back...
by Hughde Selincourt
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This book paints a detailed picture of Sussex village life by following its various characters over the course of a day that centres around a local cricket match. From the players awakening in the various different circumstances of their individual lives to their assembling on the field, the playing...
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Cricket
Presenting the most amazing cricket facts from the last 500 years
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
200 brilliant and bizarre curiosities highlighting the First, Last and Onlys that have occurred during the illustrious history of this sport - from the determined cricketers fined for playing on the Sabbath to the only virtuoso to score a century and take all ten wickets in a single innings. This...
by Graham Tarrant
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes and captivating stories and quotes from the world of cricket, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of the gentleman’s game.
Grandad's Old Bat
Tales from the Village Green, #5
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Kenny is looking forward to trying out for his school team. What he's not looking forward to is using his grandad's tatty old bat. Used during his grandad's only first class century, Kenny isn't convinced that the bat causes special things to happen...
Grandad’s Old Bat is a story about village...
Searching for W.G.
Tales from the Village Green, #4
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2014
Jimmy Wentworth is known as a stonewaller and has no chance of making the team for the Twenty20 knockout cup final. That is until he receives a mysterious message, and begins to grow a rather famous beard ...
Searching for W.G. is the fourth in Michael White's Tales from the Village Green series....
The War of the White Roses
Yorkshire Cricket's Civil War, 1968-1986
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
In 1968 Yorkshire County Cricket Club was the dominant force in English cricket, yet by 1986 it had slid to become one of the game's also-rans. The War of the White Roses tells the story in full from a completely neutral perspective for the first time. With insight from inside the dressing room, committee...
Wisden on Grace
An Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Wisden was first published in 1864, the same year that William Gilbert Grace, then aged 16, made his debut in first-class cricket. The great man made his first appearance in the 1865 edition and two years later Wisden reported his 224 not out against Surrey at The Oval. From then on, W.G. was the...
by Christopher Martin Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Christopher Martin-Jenkins is one of cricket's most sought-after speakers and his story-telling ability lights up these cricketing memories.
The Ashes Quiz Book
250 Questions on Ashes History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Are you a cricket fan? Do you eagerly await the biennial Test cricket series between England and Australia? Are you an expert on all the facts and figures relating to the Ashes? If so, you are certain to want to have a go at answering the 250 challenging questions in The Ashes Quiz Book. In 1993, which...