The Meaning Of Cricket
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The Meaning Of Cricket
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Author : Jon Hotten
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-07-07
The Meaning Of Cricket written by Jon Hotten and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Cricket is a strange game. It is a team sport that is almost entirely dependent on individual performance. Its combination of time, opportunity and the constant threat of disaster can drive its participants to despair. To survive a single delivery propelled at almost 100 miles an hour takes the body and brain to the edges of their capabilities, yet its abiding image is of the gentle village green, and the glorious absurdities of the amateur game. In The Meaning of Cricket, Jon Hotten attempts to understand this fascinating, frustrating and complex sport. Blending legendary players, from Vivian Richards to Mark Ramprakash, Kevin Pietersen to Ricky Ponting, with his own cricketing story, he explores the funny, moving and melancholic impact the game can have on an individual life.
The Dictionary Of Cricket
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Author : Michael Rundell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Dictionary Of Cricket written by Michael Rundell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Cricket categories.
The Meaning Of Luck
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Author : Steve Waugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Meaning Of Luck written by Steve Waugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Cricket categories.
In THE MEANING OF LUCK, former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh explores the concept of luck, based on his experiences in the worlds of sport, business and philanthropy. Steve begins by recalling the potentially devastating event that rocked his life in 2006, when his wife Lynette suffered a life-threatening brain bleed. Today, Lynette describes her illness as a 'stroke of luck', which she can do only because she fought so hard to regain her health and strength. She is lucky because she chose to be. Lynette is the first of a number of characters in the book who have triumphed over adversity. Also featured are cricketers, coaches, business and community leaders, and some of the brave children and families Steve has come into contact with through his charity work in India and Australia. There are tales from Ashes Tests, World Cups and the Olympic Games. The stories in THE MEANING OF LUCK carry messages about leadership, maximising potential and having fun. Together, they provide a guide for people seeking to progress not just in sport, but in whatever direction they choose.
Cricket
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Author : Richard Hadlee
language : en
Publisher: Raupo
Release Date : 2005
Cricket written by Richard Hadlee and has been published by Raupo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cricket categories.
Written for anyone who wants to increase their understanding of the game, from young players just starting out, to long term spectators who want to learn something of the background to this historic game, this text begins with a brief history of the game, and moves on to explain the meaning of all those terms cricket is notorious for.
Cricket And The Law
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Author : David Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
Cricket And The Law written by David Fraser and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Law categories.
In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others - Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket.
A To Z Of Cricket Terms Explained
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Author : Steven Asinni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-06-21
A To Z Of Cricket Terms Explained written by Steven Asinni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-21 with categories.
Cricket... A sport played by two teams with eleven members each. Known to be rich in its terminology. But do you know the meaning behind the terms? A to Z of Cricket Terms Explained acts as handy glossary of terms. An indispensible reference guide. Its aim? To help you get familiar with the sport and appreciate it - through better understanding of its terms.
Different Class
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Author : Duncan Stone
language : en
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Release Date : 2022-01-11
Different Class written by Duncan Stone and has been published by Watkins Media Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-11 with Social Science categories.
Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers Club 'Book of the Year' 2022 and the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 'Cricket Book of the Year' 2023 In telling the story of cricket from the bottom up, Different Class demonstrates how the "quintessentially English" game has done more to divide, rather than unite, the English. In 1963, the West Indian Marxist C.L.R. James posed the deceptively benign question: "What do they know of cricket, who only cricket know?" A challenge to the public to re-consider cricket and its meaning by placing the game in its true social, political and economic context, James was, all too subtly, attempting to counter the game’s orthodox history that, he argued, had played a key role in the formation of national culture. As a consequence, he failed, and the history of cricket in England has retained the same stresses and lineaments as it did a century ago — until now. In examining recreational rather than professional (first-class) cricket, Different Class does not simply challenge the widely accepted orthodoxy of English cricket, it demonstrates how the values and belief systems at its heart were, under the guise of amateurism, intentionally developed in order to divide the English along class lines at every level of the game. If the creation of opposing class-based cricket cultures in the North and South of England grew out of this process, the institutional structures developed by those in charge of English cricket continue to discriminate. But, as much as the exclusion of Black and South Asian cricketers from the recreational mainstream is the most obvious example, it is social class that remains the greatest barrier to participation in what used to be the national game.
Cricket Literature And Culture
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Author : Anthony Bateman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-13
Cricket Literature And Culture written by Anthony Bateman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. Examining newspaper accounts, instructional books, fiction, poetry, and the work of editors, anthologists, and historians, Bateman elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning. His critique of writing about cricket leads to the rediscovery of little-known texts and the reinterpretation of well-known works by authors as diverse as Neville Cardus, James Joyce, the Great War poets, and C.L.R. James. Beginning with mid-eighteenth century accounts of cricket that provide essential background, Bateman examines the literary evolution of cricket writing against the backdrop of key historical moments such as the Great War, the 1926 General Strike, and the rise of Communism. Several case studies show that cricket simultaneously asserted English ideals and created anxiety about imperialism, while cricket's distinctively colonial aesthetic is highlighted through Bateman's examination of the discourse surrounding colonial cricket tours and cricketers like Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of India and Sir Learie Constantine of Trinidad. Featuring an extensive bibliography, Bateman's book shows that, while the discourse surrounding cricket was key to its status as a symbol of nation and empire, the embodied practice of the sport served to destabilise its established cultural meaning in the colonial and postcolonial contexts.
The Cricket War
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Author : Gideon Haigh
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2007
The Cricket War written by Gideon Haigh and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cricket categories.
In May 1977, the cricket world woke to discover that a 39-year-old businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. The Cricket War, now published with a new introduction and afterword, is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. In helmets, under lights, with white balls and in coloured clothes, the outlaw armies of Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Clive Lloyd fought a daily battle of survival. In boardrooms and courtrooms, Packer and cricket's rulers fought a bitter war of nerves. A compelling account of top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the tycoon who became Australia's richest man.
A Cricket Dictionary
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Author : Keith Dunstan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-01-01
A Cricket Dictionary written by Keith Dunstan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with Cricket categories.