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Author | : Shane Warne |
Publisher | : Random House Australia |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2019-07-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0143788205 |
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Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden's five cricketers of the twentieth century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold.
Author | : Anthony Bateman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2016-05-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1317158040 |
Download Cricket, Literature and Culture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Mark Rowe |
Publisher | : Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2016-11-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1708165754 |
Download The Summer Field: A History of English Cricket Since 1840 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : Gideon Haigh |
Publisher | : Melbourne Univ. Publishing |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Cricket |
ISBN | : 0522854753 |
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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.
Author | : Gideon Haigh |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2017-11-02 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 147295064X |
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One of The Times' 50 Greatest Sports Books In May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a thirty-nine-year-old Sydney Businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised 'World Series'. The Cricket War 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 the top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the man who became Australia's richest, and remained so, until the day he died. It was the end of cricket as we knew it – and the beginning of cricket as we know it. Gideon Haigh has published over thirty books, over twenty of them about cricket. This edition of The Cricket War, Gideon Haigh's first book about cricket originally published in 1993, has been updated with new photographs and a new introduction by the author.
Author | : John Duncan |
Publisher | : Metro Publishing |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2011-04-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1843584654 |
Download Cricket, Wonderful Cricket Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Remarkable cricket by remarkable people, from Rory Bremner to the Duke of Edinburgh.Boundaries, maidens, Botham and Bell; centuries, ducks, Lara and Laker...in this amazing collection of interviews, John Duncan explores the idiosyncratic, historical and entertaining game of cricket through people who share a true passion for the sport. Drawing upon various cricketing memories of some of the most respected names in British culture, busines and politics -- including Michael Parkinson, Sir Tim Rice and the Duke of Edinburgh -- and covering a variety of topics such as classic matches and personal cricketing heroes, Cricket Wonderful Cricket is an entertaining and unique insight into the eccentric and indeed wonderful game of cricket.
Author | : Souvik Naha |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2022-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108494587 |
Download Cricket, Public Culture and Postcolonial Society in India Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book expands our historical understanding of postcolonial India by examining how cricket has shaped Indian society and politics.
Author | : Joy Bhattacharjya |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 379 |
Release | : 2023-09-09 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9356991499 |
Download The Great Indian Cricket Circus Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Did you know that ... Chandu Sarwate, Indian Test cricketer, was also a fingerprint expert? Sania Mirza is related to four Test captains, two of them Indian. In addition to roads and neighbourhoods, Sachin Tendulkar also has a racehorse, a variety of mango and a species of spider named after him? The Great Indian Cricket Circus takes a rollicking journey through more than a century of Indian cricketing history. It tells the stories of not just the matches and the players, but also of crazy fans, mind-boggling endorsements, memorable scores, eccentric commentators, iconic stadiums and much more. Supremely entertaining, and full of bewildering events, surprising anecdotes and cool facts compiled together in wacky, interesting ways, this is the perfect book for fans of the sport, trivia lovers or anyone looking for entertainment! -- FOREWORD by R. Ashwin 'A quirky fact here, an interesting tale there, an anecdote to relate ... I have always loved the world of stories and few tell them better than Joy and Abhishek. The Great Indian Cricket Circus will be so much fun.' HARSHA BHOGLE
Author | : The Batting Doctor |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2013-03-09 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 1479767425 |
Download The Batting Doctor's Cricket Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
With 50 years of passionate involvement in cricket; extensive effort to constantly understand and improve what I do; insightful exploration of such things as ancient Chinese and Japanese texts as well as modern psychology concepts, I have developed my own philosophies and ways of doing things in cricket. Many of these ways are unique to me and opposite to conventional instruction. Whilst my hearing, memory and physical condition are all in decline, the satisfaction gained from understanding what motivates and can improve an individual remains a major source of inspiration. Often I have observed people with extraordinary talent give up just short of what they could achieve, yet others with less talent, but with an indomitable spirit continue on and reap the rewards of success. Why does this happen? We simply have not been educated in how to harness and use our thinking minds wisely. The result is that our efforts in life are often hit or miss. Importantly the WISDOM contained in my book, can help my readers better identify, connect with and meet the challenges that their involvement in cricket will bring.
Author | : Nicholas Wanostrocht |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Cricket |
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