David Gower's Cricket Quiz Book
Author : David Gower
Publisher : HarperSport
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9780002184823
Author : David Gower
Publisher : HarperSport
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9780002184823
Author : Adam Pearson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1907792619
Did you know that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and has been an established team sport for centuries, with more than 100 cricket-playing nations now recognised by the International Cricket Council? No doubt those questions haven't left cricket aficionados remotely stumped, but be prepared to be caught out by the 1,000 leg-breaking quiz questions in this book. Your innings will require you to recall facts and figures relating to every possible aspect of the game of cricket from players to umpires and national to international matches, together with all kinds of trivia, so you could very easily find yourself in a real spin and may need to enlist the help of friends to bail you out before a sneaky Chinaman bowls you over, slips you up or reduces you to a pile of ashes. Whether you find yourself top of the batting order or limping with a square leg, this book, with a fitting foreword by Dickie Bird, contains a wealth of knowledge about the sport that is guaranteed to enthral all cricket fans, and questions that will stimulate fond memories and friendly debates for many an entertaining hour.
Author : David Gower
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0008235465
David Gower was the most brilliant and gifted of English Test batsmen in recent times. Yet, despite his unimpeachable Test record, his career was not without controversy.
Author : Daniel Melamud
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0847868575
Winner of the WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR award and the TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR, this book is a celebration of the elegance and timeless beauty of cricket—its greatest and most stylish players, from past heroes to today’s stars, along with its idyllic and hallowed grounds. Cricket has been played for over three hundred years and in some ways remains largely unchanged. It is this timelessness, and the style and spirit in which the game is conducted, which is celebrated in This Is Cricket. The book brings together such idyllic settings as Sir Paul Getty's Ground in Buckinghamshire, U.K., surrounded by rolling countryside, with the Otago cricket ground in New Zealand set against a backdrop of mountains, as well as the sport's most hallowed pitches, including Lord's (opened by Thomas Lord in 1814) and Melbourne Cricket Ground, which hosted the first-ever International "Test" match in 1877. Readers will venture on a journey to the Caribbean, where the fast bowling attack of the West Indies reigned in the 1970s, and to India, where cricket soared to new heights in the 1980s. From Shane Warne's hat-trick at the MCG in 1994 to Ben Stokes's heroics at Lord's and Headingley in 2019, This Is Cricket captures many of the game's most extraordinary events and players. The striking images of on-field action as well as candid dressing-room moments, some published here for the first time, are taken by some of the most respected photographers in sport. Featuring bucolic village greens, charming pavilions, endearing team portraits, extraordinary catches, devastating bowling, heroic batting, stylish sweaters, and silly fancy dress, this book illustrates why cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and why it is truly loved by so many.
Author : Hugh Larkin
Publisher :
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 10,4 MB
Release : 1992-01
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9781856460194
Author : Ian Thomson
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Cricket
ISBN : 9780747401124
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1472965477
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, first published in 1979, is well established as an invaluable and unique source of reference essential to any cricket library. This new volume includes full coverage of every Test match from late 2014 to the end of the 2019 season in England. Each Test match features Wisden's own scorecard, a detailed match report, details of debutants, close of play scores, umpires and referees, with number of appearances, and Man of the Match winners. Also included is a complete individual Test Career Records section and player index. Edited by Steven Lynch, this new volume brings collectors' libraries up to date, ensuring they have a complete and accurate record - essential for any truly self-respecting cricket enthusiast.
Author : Dr.P.D.Sharma
Publisher : Sura Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 10,63 MB
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ISBN : 9788174787392
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 1955
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Author : Roger Morgan-Grenville
Publisher : Bene Factum Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1903071402
A delightful and witty book that is also a love letter to cricket through the story of an accidental club that has lasted 25 years and 263 matchesNot everyone can be a true sports hero. Most of us lost out in life's sports lottery, and we have to find whatever virtue we can in effort and incompetence. Not Out First Ball is a laugh-out-loud manifesto for anyone who has ever silently sobbed at the sight of their off stump cartwheeling off into the distance, or thrown their bat in disgust onto an autumn bonfire. "To field idly at long off in the evening sunshine is to peep back over the wall to when things moved slower, cost less and didn't always need to signify something. At a time of digital abundance, the whole glorious point of cricket is that so much of it is utterly pointless." Roger Morgan-Grenville and Richard Perkins have written a book that is not only funny but also immensely insightful and profound. All cricketers (and maybe even their wives) will identify with the authors' experiences and those of their teammates. Long listed for the MCC Book of the Year 2012.