Cricket Manual: The Official Guide to Playing the Game

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Andy Tennant
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Hardcover

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Cricket Manual: The Official Guide to Playing the Game

Short description

A guide to playing cricket, supported and endorsed by the English Cricket Board (ECB). From health and fitness through to training, bowling, batting, fielding, strategy, coaching and umpiring, it analyses and explains various aspect of the game in detail.

Long description

An exciting addition to the range of Haynes manuals, this is the complete guide to playing cricket, fully supported and endorsed by the English Cricket Board (ECB). From health and fitness through to training, bowling, batting, fielding, strategy, coaching and umpiring, every aspect of the game is analysed and explained in detail. Presented in an attractively designed and user-friendly style with numerous photographs and graphics, this manual is an essential reference book for the keen cricketer as well as an informative read for any sports fan.

Product details

Publisher:
J H Haynes & Co Ltd
ISBN:
9781844256952
Publication date:
June 2009
Length:
270mm
Width:
210mm
Pages:
196
Illustrations:
ill

Table of contents

  • Understanding the game: brief history, spirit of cricket, various game formats, laws, officials. Physical and mental preparation. Batting: the different shots (straight bat, cross bat, 'creative'), running between wickets, building an innings. Bowling: pace bowling (fast, seam and swing), spin bowling (finger and wrist spin), the different deliveries, setting fields. Fielding: wicket-keeping, close/ring/boundary fielding, catching, intercepting, diving, retrieving, throwing. Captaincy, the future of the game, getting involved (coaching, ground staff, administration, volunteering), behind the scenes at NCPC Loughborough.

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