Test & First-Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War
by Nigel McCrery
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781399020091
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-06-10
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
496 Pages
The national sport of Cricket saw many of its top players sacrifice their lives and become heroes as they enlisted in World War I.While cricket remains popular today, at the beginning of the 20th Century...
This book is the first documentation of the entire journey of Pakistan's women’s international cricket team, serving to fill that void in the story of Pakistan cricket and in so doing adding a vital tome to the history of women’s sport.
In his new book, EX-England batsman Rob Key reflects on the past and present of an ever-unforgiving game, in so doing shining light into the darkest recesses of the dressing-room.
Wicketkeeping is one of the great arts of cricket on which seemingly everyone has an opinion and yet few really know what they are talking about; and the wicketkeepers themselves are an eclectic mix of extroverts and introverts all trying to do the same thing every time they walk onto a cricket field – be perfect.
A Comprehensive Modern Guide for Cricket Players and Coaches
by James Knott and Andy O’Connor
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 9781913538347
Publisher: Birlinn
Pub Date: 2022-06-07
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Polaris
480 Pages
This is an essential guide to the intricate skills required to become a successful batter for both players and coaches. With input from a wide range of elite players and coaches, past and present, this is an invaluable guide to developing batting skills for young and old alike.
As the civilised world fought for its very survival, Sir Home Gordon, writing in The Cricketer in September 1939, stated that ‘England has now started the grim Test Match with Germany’, the objective...
Everyone has always loved to rank sportsmen and which cricket fan hasn’t enjoyed picking their own teams and playing imaginary matches, using dice, cards, table-top games or computers? “You can’t compare eras” is an oft-quoted phrase but it certainly hasn’t stopped countless generations of fans sitting around the school playground, dinner ...
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