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Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780008706296
Meet the king of English cricket, Ben Stokes, in this thrilling unofficial biography!
Author : David L. Andrews,Steven J. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134598540
Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationship with the press, and exploring themes of identity, race, and spectacle.
Author : Hilary Beckles
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0745314724
This volume covers the "third rising" of West Indies cricket. As the sport becomes ever more commercialized, large amounts of money have established sponsorship & support systems to give cricketers around the world every possible advantage. Beckles assesses what impact the globalization of cricket has had on the cricketers of the Caribbean. He also describes the emergence of what he argues is a debilitating sub-nationalism in the West Indies, & the effect this has had on the game, & the prospect for integrating West Indian nationhood in the twenty-first century.
Author : Mr Jack Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781136317132
Looking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values.
Author : Stephen Wagg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443824828
Cricket has changed dramatically in recent years and now can claim to be a truly global game, thanks in large part to new media technologies which bring a global audience for World Cups and other major competitions. However, the globalization of cricket has not followed a pattern familiar in other sports: concentrations of wealth, media, and marketing leading to the domination of Western countries over the rest, and this fact alone makes it interesting for scholars of the globalization of sport. Cricket has followed a very different global path; the non-Western countries (former British colonies) have begun to dominate and have taken control of the economics and politics of the game. In short, cricket has been “Indianized”. The globalization of cricket has received a massive boost from the popularity of the newest form of the game (Twenty20) which is helping promote cricket as a mass TV sport. The rise of Twenty20, particularly the Indian Premier League (IPL), is transforming the way cricket is organized, played, and watched all over the world. This development both reinforces the globalization of cricket and also underlines that the “movers and shakers” within cricket are no longer the traditional elites in metropolitan centres but the businessmen of India and the media entrepreneurs world-wide who seek to shape new audiences for the game and create new marketing opportunities on a global scale.
Author : Alam Srinivas,TR Vivek
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9788174369468
Much like its commissioner Mr Lalit Modi, IPL from the very beginning has always been mired in controversies of all imaginable kinds. From Vijay Mallyas sacking of the team coach Charu Sharma for the teams poor performance in season one to the grand auction of international players for season two in Fort Aguda Beach Resort in Goa, Modi has been able to keep the interest alive by successfully marrying money with sports. This is a new kind of cricket, where players are auctioned and teams and players are owned by frnanchise owners. But this is also the cricket where players from U-19 get a chance to play with Sachin Tendulkar or Shane Warne. IPL: An Inside Story takes a look at almost all the aspects of IPL from who actually first thought of such a tournament to the process of choosing the franchise owners, and from the socio-economic impact of the IPL on Indian society to the politics of shifting the venue of season two to South Africa.
Author : Pegasus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 8131937135
Ages 6 to 9 years. Super Pegasus is a fantastic way to introduce children to interesting individuals and concepts. The titles in this fabulous series introduce you to some of the most well know sports persons, artists and leaders in the world.
Author : Carol Appadurai Breckenridge
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816623066
The book aims to illustrate that what is distinctive about any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. Behind the embattled arena of culture in India, for example, lie particular social and political interests such as the growing middle class, the entrepreneurs and commercial institutions, and the state. The contributors address the roles of these various intertwined interests in the making of India's public culture, each examining different sites of consumption. The sites which are explored include cinema, radio, cricket, restaurants and tourism. The book also makes distinct the differences among public, mass and popular culture.
Author : K. L. Mohana Varma
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781625161444
Cricket is considered a religion in the Indian sub-continent. The ambition of every mother in India is to make her son a national player, but only one in 1 billion succeeds.Cricket-Indo tells the story of how young Suresh Menon is nurtured and groomed by his dedicated and determined mother to become a dashing and dynamic cricketer in the 1990s. The sporting "war on turf" between India and Pakistan plays out on television screens, glorifying national pride, even as the age-old legends and history of the countries are symbolized in the brutality and sportsmanship of the game
Author : K R Wadhwaney
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789352618743
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Author : CT Team
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Despite battling injuries and loss of form, Ashish Nehra continued to defy odds, picking wickets for Men in Blue. The Delhi based pace bowler, who recently bid adieu to cricket, will always be remembered for his match winning spells. After playing the first T20 international against New Zealand, he called off his playing days, putting down curtains on a well accomplished journey. He has been a true disciple of the Indian cricket, giving his best whenever he turned up for his national, state and IPL team. When he was considered a finish product, he made a comeback through slam bang format of the game, surprising everyone. Another trend, which is making headlines in cricket, is retirement of cricketers for the sake of T20 leagues across the globe, tournaments which guarantees financial security. If we look in the recent past, either cricketers have retired or have refused to play for their respective national teams in order to be part of T20 tournaments. There is much more to read from cricket in this issue...
Author : Brian Levison,Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Publisher : Constable
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780339061
This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian jungle to getting to the ground - so includes, alongside writing by players both great and unknown, the perspectives of spectators, umpires, scorers and other unsung heroes of the game. There are contributions from John Arlott, Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James and E. V. Lucas; Marcus Trescothick writes on his introduction to cricket aged three; Angus Fraser on meeting Nelson Mandela; Phil Tufnell on being shanghaied into getting a haircut by Mike Gatting; and Rachael Heyhoe Flint on being the first woman to step onto the Lord's ground as a player. But it is the cricket itself and the outstanding players and their achievements that remain the focus - the greats of the recent and distant past involved in some of their most famous exploits. From 'disgraceful scenes at Lord's', described by Irish writer Robert Lynd, to North America, which W. G. Grace toured in 1872, and from a match played on ice to the tropical islands of Fiji and Samoa, this is a collection that does full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and enduring fascination of the greatest game in the world.
Author : Boria Majumdar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781134243358
Lost Histories of Indian Cricket studies the personalities and controversies that have shaped Indian cricket over the years and brings to life the intensity surrounding India's national game. It may be true that that cricket today arouses more passions in India than in any other cricket playing country in the world. Yet, when it comes to writing on the history of the game, Indians have been reticent and much of the past has been obscured and lost. Majumdar here recovers this history and restores it to its rightful place in India's rich sporting heritage.
Author : Hemanta Saikia,Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee,Diganta Mukherjee
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811513541
This book focuses on the application of data mining techniques in cricket. It provides detailed examples of how data mining can be helpful for decision-making in sports with special reference to cricket, particularly the quantitative features related to Twenty20 cricket, the latest and the most popular format of the game. The book highlights the performance quantification of cricketers (batsmen, bowlers, all-rounders, and wicket keepers), determining the market valuation of cricketers based on their on-field performances and the effect of age on the performance of the cricketers. It also provides a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of the game where quantitative techniques are beneficial, and highlights the use of statistical and data mining tools in analysing sports-related data and objective decision-making in sports. The book appeals to a wide readership, including postgraduate students of statistics/mathematics, data analysts, sports management bodies. It also offers data miners, such as researchers in statistics, mathematics, operations research, and computer science ideas for projects.
Author : Pradeep Magazine
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Bookmakers (Gambling)
ISBN : 0143103229
A Revealing, In-Depth Account Of The Nexus Between The World S Top Cricketers And Bookmakers. On 17 March 2007, The Much-Fancied Pakistan Team Crashed Out Of The Cricket World Cup After A Surprise Defeat To Minnows Ireland. Even As Disappointed Fans Reacted With Anger And Dismay, Rumour Mills Began Working Overtime, Insinuating The Involvement Of Bookmakers In The Unexpected Result, And Hinting At Match-Fixing. Speculation Reached A Fever Pitch When, The Day After, Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer Was Found Murdered In His Hotel Room. Sources Alleged That The Hand Of The Subcontinental Betting Mafia Was Behind The Attack On Woolmer, And Pointed To The Billions Of Dollars That May Be At Stake When A Match Is Thrown . This Recent Episode Is Only The Latest In A String Of Incidents Involving The World S Top Cricketers. In Recent Years, The Indian Subcontinent Has Emerged As Perhaps The Most Lucrative Arena In Which World Cricket Is Played, Not Least Because Of The Enormous Sums Wagered On The Outcome Of Every Match. Fired By A Chance Encounter With A Bookie In The Caribbean, Top Indian Cricket Writer Pradeep Magazine Set Himself The Task Of Finding Out Exactly How The Shadowy World Of Betting And Match-Fixing Works. He Interviewed Players, Journalists, Cricketing Officials, And Even Posed As An Informer For A Bookmaker For A While. What Emerged In The Course Of His Inquiry Was A Story Of Divided Loyalties And Carefully Camouflaged Half-Truths, Of Players Who Actively Participated In Match-Fixing And Others Who Colluded With Them. He Found That The Money Trail Snakes Its Way Into Every Part Of The Game In The Subcontinent, And Thence To The World. This New And Revised Edition Of This Best-Selling Book Brings The Shocking Story Of Betting Scams And Match-Fixing In International Cricket Up To The Present, And Indicates How Strong The Bookie Cricketer Ties May Be Even Today.
