Cricket Maiden

Author : Michael Rundell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781408101612

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Wisden Dictionary of Cricket by Michael Rundell Pdf

Do you know... - the difference between a chinaman and a doosra? - where to find cow corner, the V, and the corridor of uncertainty? - what Nelson, Merlyn and Michelle have to do with cricket? - how to get a ball to reverse-swing, or how the Duckworth/Lewis method works? - the origin of yorker, googly, and third man? The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket is the definitive guide to the noble game. This fully updated third edition is not only an A-Z guide to all things cricket, it also includes illustrations showing positions and strategy, and quotations from cricket literature worldwide - from 18th century match reports right up to the Darrell Hair affair. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the game - from the seasoned aficionado to the youngest new recruit. If you've ever wondered why a batsman can expect a jaffa on a bunsen, or how to go aerial when you're on a shirtfront... this is the book for you.

Author : ALEXANDRA ROSEN
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466979185

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Cricket Maiden by ALEXANDRA ROSEN Pdf

Match fixing in cricket has plagued the noble game as long as it has ever existed. Lady Andalusia, a gorgeous lass, from the erstwhile British Empire in 1810, was set to marry the dashing batsman Hughie Dawson. But fate had other ideas. Fast forward to 2010. Twenty Twenty Cricket, fast and exciting, and with its exorbitant riches, threatens the longer and purest form of the game, the five day Test Match, from its very existence. With billions of dollars in marketing and TV rights, a three match 20/20 series in London is scheduled by the billionaire descendants of Hughie Dawson. Experimental in nature, it features a Professional cricketers XI against an International selection of amateurs from each of the 10 Test playing nations. But the Coach is found mysteriously murdered after the first game, and the Amateurs XI lose their form. The obvious suspects are the match fixers who were seen approaching the Amateurs XI star batsman Amay Indulkar. But are they the real culprits? What about the gigantic spectre of a strangler? And of the tears rolling down the cheeks of a Bollywood actress? The search for a magic bat, that disappeared in 1810, bestowed with divine powers, which scores runs at will, is on. It takes detective Landon Beau and Nigel Harrison, to the Indian subcontinent, to recover it. Through the romance between Landon and his new flame, Amelia Kanowski, the series reaches a thrilling conclusion at Lords. Landon, captains the Amateurs XI, and with the help of the mysterious but elusive Lucy, finds the magic bat, and soon enough later solves the crime. This is the story of romance, of the enormous wealth and popularity of Twenty Twenty cricket, of faith and toil, Bollywood, the thrills and spills of limited overs cricket, crime, match-fixing, and the very spirit of the game.

Author : Julian Knight,Tom Dunmore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781394164783

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Cricket For Dummies by Julian Knight,Tom Dunmore Pdf

Curious about the game of cricket? Start here! Cricket For Dummies, Third Edition will help you understand the basics of cricket, the internationally popular sport that has leagues around the globe. With this guide, you can enjoy watching matches, and even set up a casual game with friends. The book includes clear explanations of the rules, step-by-step guides to strategy and tactics, and info on all the most popular tournaments around the globe. Learn about the cricket greats of today and yesterday, plus get updates on the latest developments, including Major League Cricket and the Cricket World Cup. This new edition of Cricket For Dummies is a fascinating and thorough introduction to the sport, in the classic, easy-to-understand Dummies style. Learn the laws of cricket so you can watch games and follow league play Set up a game of cricket and play with your friends Get the latest updates in the cricket world, including upcoming must-watch tournaments Figure out the strategies and techniques that make cricket so interesting Cricket For Dummies, Third Editionis a valuable resource for new fans who want to understand the game of cricket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Cricket
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027565998

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The Australian Cricketer's Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ravi Chaturvedi
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644297278

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Cricket Commentary & Commentators by Ravi Chaturvedi Pdf

I have been handed the new ball and asked to bowl the opening spell in this book of Cricket Commentary and Commentators. It was always my ambition to play Test cricket for India, but I was allergic to grass. A pity because I would have been the silliest mid-on to have played Test cricket. My long leg would have been a sensation. There have never been swingers to match mine. I used to be such an agile fielder that a piece of music ‘Third Man Theme’ was composed as a tribute On the serious side, as a commentator, I was always fascinated by how cricket commentary began. While the journey of cricket commentary is fairly well-recorded in Australia and England, the information on the subject in other eight Test playing countries is scanty. This book – Cricket Commentary & Commentators – is a humble attempt to weave together threads scattered in different areas and diverse directions. The scope of the book has been enlarged to include not just commentators but even anchors, presenters, scorers and statisticians while making it a compendium on commentary. With these opening remarks, I urge you, the reader, to move forward.

Author : Ravi Chaturvedi
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788184300758

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Legendary Indian Cricketers by Ravi Chaturvedi Pdf

Legendary Indian Cricketers’ follow the form and format of the ragas of Indian classical music. The first phase, which spans over several decades, has the leisurely pace of village life; the second phase, which unfolds over the 1950s and 70s, goes with a simple, measured melodious beat; while the third is a kind of scherzo, where action is compressed into less than a day. All the same the scene, the setting and the structure of the Legendary Indian Cricketers (Men, Moments and Memories) are classically Indian. The echoes and the ethos too have a typical Indian flavour. ‘Legendary Indian Cricketers’ is a saga of some of the cricketers who have moulded the game and won acclaim both at home and abroad. The author has highlighted the contribution of 52 cricketers – ranging from Ranji to Umrigar, from Gavaskar to Sehwag, from Nissar to Srinath, from Pawlankar to Gupte, from Bedi to Harbhajan, from Amar Singh to Kapil, from Navle to Engineer and from Lall Singh to Kaif. The captaincy that spans from Nayudu to Kapil and Ganguly to Dhoni has added to the flavour of the book. Every legendary Indian cricketer is well portrayed and it provides interesting and informative ingredients to this absorbing work of reference.

Author : Carol A. Osborne,Fiona Skillen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000737585

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Women in Sports History by Carol A. Osborne,Fiona Skillen Pdf

This book examines the developments in women’s sports history in Britain in the last 10 years, following on from its successful predecessor Women and Sport History (2010). It considers what has changed and what continuities persist drawing on a series of contributions from authors who are active in the field. The chapters included in this book cover a broad time frame and range of topics such as the history of women’s football in Scotland and England; women’s role in rugby leagues; women’s sport during World War II; and female participation in American football, cricket and cycling. Written and edited during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the book also reflects on the possible implications of the pandemic on women’s sport. In doing so, it highlights the diversity of research currently being undertaken in the field and touches on areas which remain overlooked or underdeveloped. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in History.

Author : Ardennes Jones Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HW2044

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Poetical Works by Ardennes Jones Foster Pdf

Author : Mark Rowe
Publisher : Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781708165758

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The Summer Field: A History of English Cricket Since 1840 by Mark Rowe Pdf

Cricket has come a long way since players could only travel on foot, or by horse and cart. Some things never change; someone has to bat, someone bowl, someone be captain; everyone has to learn. The game is nothing without cricketers; yet the men (or women) on the field are never the full story, as The Summer Field shows. It includes spectators, journalists, ground-keepers, coaches, umpires, selectors and tea ladies. Nor is it only the story of the greatest players, such as Sydney Barnes and Herbert Sutcliffe; we meet also Will Richards, the Nottingham school-teacher; his friend George Wakerley, the job-hunting club professional; and Freeman Barnardo, of Eton and Cambridge. This history of cricket since the coming of the railways seeks to answer questions, such as: what was it like to play cricket in the past? Who played it, and why did they? And why are the English so obsessed with Australia?

Author : Ardeen Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : American poetry
ISBN : NYPL:33433075790901

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The Poetical Works of Ardennes Jones-Foster by Ardeen Foster Pdf

Author : Arthur Herman Wilson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781512819366

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A History of the Philadelphia Theatre, 1835-1855 by Arthur Herman Wilson Pdf

The first three volumes of a series that is to run to the present day and give complete theatrical records of their periods, with elaborate indexes of plays, players, and playwrights.

Author : Louise Zedda-Sampson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0645125512

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Bowl the Maidens Over by Louise Zedda-Sampson Pdf

In 1874, John Rae, a Bendigo schoolmaster, approached the Sandhurst Easter Fair Committee with an idea to draw the crowds: a novelty ladies' cricket match - something Australia had never seen before. And here begins the story of women's cricket in Australia. Bowl the Maidens Over presents the factual account of the very first women's matches through a combination of images, annotations, newspaper extracts and clippings of the times. We follow the women cricketers from the first advertisement in the Bendigo Advertiser to the final game: from the selection of uniforms, to mentoring by the prestigious Bendigo United Cricket Club, to their ceremonial arrival at the Easter Fair to the during- and post-match critiques. The story is told through the media's lens and provides insights into the tumultuous road the cricketers travelled, just in order to play.

Author : Hedley Peek,Frederick George Aflalo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Sports
ISBN : HARVARD:HWDFIA

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The Encyclopædia of Sport: Li-Z by Hedley Peek,Frederick George Aflalo Pdf

Author : Hedley Peek,Frederick George Aflalo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Games
ISBN : UCD:31175035179285

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The Encyclopaedia of Sport: Lic-Zeb by Hedley Peek,Frederick George Aflalo Pdf

Author : B. J. Holmes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 819 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781408198452

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Pocket Crossword Dictionary by B. J. Holmes Pdf

In a convenient pocket format, with its clear layout and easy-to-use cross-referencing, this handy crossword dictionary is an ideal companion for any crossword enthusiast. The Pocket Crossword Dictionary lists thousands of possible solutions, arranged under 13,000 headings. Entries also include synonyms, associated words, puns, plays on words and anagrams.