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Author: Jarrod Kimber Publisher: ISBN: 9781743790199 Category : Cricket Languages : en Pages : 304
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Test Cricket is an odyssey into cricket's heart and history, filled with heroes, villains, laughter, tears, bats and balls. No subject has escaped cricket writer and filmmaker Jarrod Kimber in his chronicling of Test match cricket. He takes cricket fans through all the seismic events in cricket's tragicomic history, from its accidental birth to its run-in with death. Lords, maharajahs and refugees have all played the game that has survived many wars, corruption and terrorism to still be standing - still be captivating - today. Cricket has been dented by history, evolved by nature, grown entire nations and had to fight just to remain. This is not just the story of the people who played the game; this is Test cricket's story.
Author: Jarrod Kimber Publisher: ISBN: 9781743790199 Category : Cricket Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
Test Cricket is an odyssey into cricket's heart and history, filled with heroes, villains, laughter, tears, bats and balls. No subject has escaped cricket writer and filmmaker Jarrod Kimber in his chronicling of Test match cricket. He takes cricket fans through all the seismic events in cricket's tragicomic history, from its accidental birth to its run-in with death. Lords, maharajahs and refugees have all played the game that has survived many wars, corruption and terrorism to still be standing - still be captivating - today. Cricket has been dented by history, evolved by nature, grown entire nations and had to fight just to remain. This is not just the story of the people who played the game; this is Test cricket's story.
Author: Chris Rumford Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317980808 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 303
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Cricket is a sport which is currently undergoing a rapid and dramatic transformation. Traditionally thought of as an English summer game, limited in appeal to Britain and its Commonwealth, cricket has, in the past a few years, achieved a global profile. This is largely due to the development of a new TV-friendly format of the game: Twenty20 cricket. Indeed, through the economic and media interests promoting the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s richest Twenty20 tournament, cricket has belatedly ‘gone global’. The rapid rise of the IPL underlines that the economic and political characters within cricket are no longer the traditional elites in metropolitan centres but the businessmen of India and the media entrepreneurs world-wide who seek to shape new audiences for the game and create new marketing opportunities on a global scale. The contributions in this book fall into two broad categories. There are firstly those which explore the rapid growth of Twenty20, particularly the motors of change and the new directions that cricket is taking as a result of the Twenty20 revolution. Secondly, there are a number of contributions which chart the impact of Twenty20 on traditional elements of the game. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Author: Roger Wilthrop Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 314
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Cricket is a Classic SportThere is something about the mixture of craftsmanship and power that makes cricket suitable for every audience. If you have great patience and like the classic variant, Test Matches are for you. If you have been a fan for a decade or so, you probably like One Day Internationals. If you're a new fan, you might have discovered the sport through Twenty20 matches, probably through the Indian Premier League or another league similar to the IPL.From Don Bradman to Sachin Tendulkar, and from Dennis Lillee to Muttiah Muralitharan, great batsmen and bowlers have taken the sport of cricket to new heights over the decades. With the game expanding to dozens of new countries, and with women's cricket going from strength to strength, it is surely only a matter of time before the world's Commonwealth Game makes its appearance in the Olympics.This book contains a large number of trivia puzzles and clues that will lead you to the names of some of the best cricket batsmen, bowlers, and fielders of all time. I have tried to include as many different players as possible - from those who played mostly Tests to those who only played ODIs, from obscure players to household names, and from all-rounders to specialists in their field. There are famous names, controversial names, popular names - a great mix of people who will help you relive the glory days of cricket in your mind.The book can be read in many different ways. If you want, you can go through the questions and puzzles by yourself, and test your skill against the clock - the answers are all provided, and multiple hints to the identity of each player are given. In addition, you can also play with one or more friends - the structure of the book is ideally suited to cooperative attempts. Just like in the sport of cricket itself, teamwork makes everything better and easier! You can also use it as the basis for a cricket based trivia competition, since a contest makes everything a little more interesting.The knowledge contained in this book will make sure that your brain is enriched after even a casual reading. It will challenge your memory and your trivia store, and test those to the limits - only the very best can help for a century score. At the same time, it will also give your mind a thorough workout, as you solve the clues to the name of each player in isolation, your pattern recognition skills can help compensate for the lack of knowledge of a particular player.The scoring for the puzzle games in this cricket book can be done in many different ways. You can give yourself two runs for every Format 1 question you get right without the hints, and a boundary for every Format 2 (scramble) question that you get correct without the aid of hints. If you need to use the hints on the nationality and debut year of the cricketer in question, your points reduce by half. At the end of each set of six chapters, you can total your score and see if you were able to get to a half century or a century. The number of points up for grabs increases dramatically in the last few chapters: legendary trivia cricket players might even be able to score a double or a triple century towards the end. Are you one of them?There is something about nail biting last over finishes to an ODI or T20 World Cup match or a sublime triple century composed over multiple innings of a crucial Test Match that cannot be replicated easily in any other sport. This book is a celebration of the players who toiled for decades so that they could bring us those moments of joy, and elevate our viewing experience to something unforgettable. Thank you, cricketers!I am sure that you will have a great time with this book. All the very best!
Author: N. Chokkan Publisher: Pustaka Digital Media ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 45
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Nagasubramanian Chokkanathan (born January 17) better known by his pen name N.Chokkan is a Tamil Writer who has written two novels and nearly 100 short stories. His works has been translated into other Indian languages. Apart from this, he has written columns in several Tamil magazines. His interest for writing came from his blind aunt for whom he used to read a lot of books. His love for Books then made him to write few detective stories,which are not yet published.His first short story was published in 1997. His entry into Non-fiction area was kick started by a publishing house approaching him to write Biography of Sachin Tendulkar.He then wrote Biographies of famous Businessmen,Politicians and people who shaped the world.The list includes Narayana murthy, Azim Premji, Dhirubhai Ambani, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin,to mention a few.
Author: Nathan Leamon Publisher: Constable ISBN: 1472129520 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 243
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'Engaging and enjoyable . . . as probing and as penetrative as a Jimmy Anderson opening spell . . . This is no ordinary novel by no ordinary novelist' Sunday Times 'A fine addition to the painfully thin oeuvre of modern fictional works about cricket' Mike Atherton, The Times 'Outstanding' Mail on Sunday 'If all you know is cricket, then cricket will break you . . .' It is the final Test match of The Ashes. A nation expects, and the rest of the cricketing world is watching. Fast-paced, humorous and candid, The Test follows the battles on and off the field as stand-in England captain, James McCall, tries to get his exhausted team across the finish line. Along the way, his story becomes one of fatherhood, friendship and trusting yourself when no one else will. Nathan Leamon's love letter to Test cricket is that rare thing: a novel that captures the feel and flavour of professional sport from the inside - the good, the bad and the simply surreal. Not since J. L. Carr's classic A Season in Sinji has there been a novel that quite captures the spirit of the game. Included in Wisden Cricket Monthly's Finest Cricket Books Ever Written
Author: Soumya Bhattacharya Publisher: Penguin Books India ISBN: 0143066293 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 65
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If one were to do a nationwide poll of Indians born after Independence and ask which is the one date they remember most, the answer may well be 25 June 1983, the date on which India won the cricket World Cup. It is often said that cricket in India is like a religion; nothing could be more misleading. Religion has scarred the nation more deeply than anything else. Cricket is the balm that heals. In our collective consciousness, there is nothing quite like cricket. As the most visible expression of national identity, as an obsession or a dream, cricket is the only thing that possibly unites a country as diverse and as contradiction-ridden as India. In this brilliant book, Soumya Bhattacharya shows how we have made this game our own, given it our own colour, our own customs, our own codes. And how cricket in turn has come to permeate every aspect of our public life, from popular culture to politics so that, when a game is on, the rest of life happens strictly between overs.
Author: Les Endrei Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1312349298 Category : Short stories, Australian Languages : en Pages : 148
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The stories in this book are attempting to capture recent history and the great issues of our time in the form of children's stories. In ancient times e.g. in the Dreamtime and through folktales of all cultures stories based on human experience were shared with children helping to clear the way to the realisation of the eternal values essential for survival and spiritual evolution and material prosperity. It is an attempt to get through to not only children but to their elders as well through short, reality based tales
Author: Neeraj Jha Publisher: Hachette India ISBN: 9388322266 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 192
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THE GRIPPING AND ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE BOY WHO NEVER GAVE UP! He is that exceptional teenager who returned to play an innings the day his dad passed away. He is the chubby rookie who now sets fitness goals. He is the fiery batsman and nimble fielder who always wants to win. Virat Kohli’s determination to overcome his drawbacks and shine his skills has him well on his way to becoming an all-time great in cricket. From gully cricket and junior teams to the Ranji and national squads, Virat has had more than his share of hurdles. But pressure is his middle name – and he has made performing under the toughest conditions an art with his fine strokes, his electric feet and his ginormous hunger for runs. That’s why the dashing King Kohli – captain of Team India across all formats of the game – holds many records and prestigious awards. Virat looks unstoppable in the lead-up to the top, and his tremendously inspiring story is told vividly in this book. Peppered with anecdotes and stories from his coaches, teammates and other insiders from the cricketing world, this is one life story that is a must-read for everyone who, like Virat, prizes both guts and glory.
Author: Rob Eastaway Publisher: Portico ISBN: 1911622439 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 129
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A new edition of Rob Eastaway's classic guide to the rules of cricket. Cricket is one of the world's most popular sports, yet for the uninitiated, its peculiar laws and customs are a mystery. What is a 'silly mid off' and a 'long leg'? How can you be 'lbw'? And how can a match last for five days and still end up as a draw? In this fully updated edition of the classic guide, Rob Eastaway demystifies the jargon and answers the questions you've always wanted to ask. It's also a timely reminder that for the true cricket lover, the game can be absorbing and exciting even when the ball isn't being smashed for six.
Author: Harsh Trivedi Publisher: One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd ISBN: 9352015819 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 168
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The year is 2030, India will never be the same again… What happens when a Brahmin youth decides to embark on a life-changing journey to lose his virginity and find his caste? What happens when the young lad runs into the ultimate giant of modern India's identity: Ambedkar? What happens when Kejriwal becomes the seventeenth prime-minister of India in a historic mandate? Welcome to the world of Mayank (the virgin Brahmin), Kamlesh (the SC with super-powers), Boboi (the tree-worshipping Catholic) and Shiv (the perpetual lover) as their destinies collide in this chilling, dark and coked-up journey, in time and space, through an India that you have never seen before.
Author: Jarrod Kimber
Author: Jarrod Kimber
Author: Chris Rumford
Author: Roger Wilthrop
Author: N. Chokkan
Author: Nathan Leamon
Author: Soumya Bhattacharya
Author: Les Endrei
Author: Neeraj Jha
Author: Rob Eastaway
Author: Harsh Trivedi