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A HISTORY OF CRICKET IN 100 OBJECTS
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| By: |
Gavin Mortimer |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847659594 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847659590 |
| Publisher: |
PROFILE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 June, 2013 |
| Translated from: |
English |
| Description: |
From the Ashes Urn to a Currant Bun: a journey through three hundred and fifty cricketing years - of triumphs, controversies and quips - in 100 definitive objects. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Serpent's Tail |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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