Cricket

The achievements of the great Victorian cricketer continue to fascinate. Even a hundred years after his death he is still widely written about, not least because his highly combative style of play has such modern resonances. W.G. Grace: In the Steps of a...

*Large format edition* Wisden 2020 provides unparalleled coverage of an extraordinary year of cricket. The 157th edition of Wisden celebrates the World Cup triumph of England's men on a memorable day at Lord's. The cover captures the moment of ...

This new edition of C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest books on sport and culture ever written. Named one of the Top 50 Sports Books of All Time by Sports Illustrated"Beyond a Boundary . ...

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour two years later to Canada and the United States. The tourists played thirteen matches during August and September; they won six, lost five and two were drawn. The first match was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528711890Author Horace G HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Cricket was played in Virginia in 1710 and was enjoyed on Georgia plantations in 1737. Teams representing New York and Philadelphia faced each other as early as 1838. By 1865, Philadelphia was considered the best cricket-playing city in the United...

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Cricket's Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness - and there's a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you'll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players'...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907637339Author Clive BattyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Vision Sports Publishing LtdPublisher Vision Sports Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035877669Author R. I. GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

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Documenting how the game roused itself in the build-up to the 2005 Ashes, Giles brings an astute eye to the madness of that unforgettable summer, offering the inside track on a series that would irrevocably change the course of English cricket. At times...

*Large format hardback*The 156th edition of the most famous sports book in the world--published every year since 1864--contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers every first-class game in every cricket nation, making it the...

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Cricket superpowers Australia and India share a unique rivalry that has produced some of the greatest - and most heated - battles the game has seen. In Indian Summers bestselling author and journalist Gideon Haigh has captured a century of fierce...

He is one of the few English players with a first-class average of 40 or more not to have won a Test cap. But for a ruptured Achilles, he was told he would have been called up against West Indies in 1995.After retiring as a player aged 36, he forged a...

17th edition of this cricket yearbook, recording in detail events, statistics and results, as well as outspoken comment on the previous season's game. The book is fully illustrated in black and white and colour, appearing within six weeks of the end of...

He begins this volume by reflecting on the idiosyncratic genius of Alan Gibson, whom he befriended in the writer’s later years. With a foreword by Gibson’s son Anthony, the join between the two books is perfect.From Brearley to Stokes, there is almost...

from James Lillywhite, promoter and manager as well as captain, to Mike Brearley who‘ illumined the art of captaincy’. Along the way there are characters and incidents aplenty – the towering WG Grace, the complex Stoddart, Jardine of Bodyline repute and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906051020Author Charlie CrokerFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Crombie Jardine Publishing LimitedPublisher Crombie Jardine Publishing Limited

Britain in 1926 was a troubled country. Revolution was in the air as the catastrophicafter-effects of the First World War continued. A General Strike in May soon ended, but it left a legacy ofbitterness and recrimination. Millions of workers across many...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850772187Author Geoff WebbFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Darf Publishers LtdPublisher Darf Publishers Ltd

Is Virat Kohli your ultimate cricketing hero? From when he was a small boy, Virat Kohli's special talent for cricket has wowed everyone around him. His dedication to his training and teammates, smart tactics and his incredible ability with the bat have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645125511Author Louise Zedda-SampsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Lzs PressPublisher Lzs PressWeight(grams) 113g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788178794372Author Dr. A.K. SrivastavaFormat PaperbackImprint Sports PublicationPublisher Sports Publication

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788178790985Author Dr. Suresh K. KuttyFormat PaperbackPage Count 75Imprint Sports PublicationPublisher Sports PublicationDimensions(mm) 292mm * 231mm * 8mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380828343Author Manish Kumar ChaubeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Vitasta Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781471622403Author Simon BarclayFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Lulu Press IncPublisher Lulu Press IncWeight(grams) 576g

'I'm confident they play cricket in heaven. Wouldn't be heaven otherwise, would it?' Patrick Moore This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes and captivating stories and quotes from the world of cricket, is...

Veteran Fleet Street sportswriter and stroke victim Neil Harman tells seven vivid sporting stories: tales of doubt, fear and ultimately of fierce determination in the face of a frightening condition.A former SJA Sports News Reporter of the Year, Neil...

The fascinating life story of Ted Peate, a top Victorian cricketer hailed by W. G. Grace as the world’s best spin bowler. This is the first-ever biography of Peate!Peate is the cricketer whose name heads the Lord’s honours board. Yet he ended his life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789381867495Author Samir R. PawarFormat HardbackPage Count 91Imprint Sports PublicationPublisher Sports PublicationDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 20mm

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