Once the preserve of the English, now, for nations the world over, summertime means cricket bats to be oiled, rain forecasts analysed and tea in the pavilion.
Cricket has enthralled us since the seventeenth century. But what is it about the game that provokes such fervour?
Award-winning sports author Gavin Mortimer calls together a cast of salt-of-the-earth Yorkshiremen, American billionaires and dashing Indian princes to tell the strange and remarkable tale of cricket’s journey from medieval village sport of ’club-ball’ to the global media circus graced by superstars from Denis Compton to Sachin Tendulkar.
If you’ve ever wanted to know what a hoop skirt has to do with overarm bowling, why England fight Australia over a burnt bail, or how to avoid tickling a jaffa in the corridor of uncertainty, Mortimer chalks up a stunning century of tales in the first truly accessible global history of cricket.
Gavin Mortimer
A History of Cricket in 100 Objects [EPUB ebook]
A History of Cricket in 100 Objects [EPUB ebook]
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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● ISBN 9781847659590 ● Filstorlek 4.1 MB ● Utgivare Profile ● Stad London ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2013 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5766907 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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