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100 1 _aEastaway, Robert.
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245 1 0 _aCricket explained /
_cRobert Eastaway ; illustrations by Mark Stevens.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c1993.
300 _a144 p. :
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_c22 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
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500 _a"From grubbers to googlies--a beginner's guide to the great English pastime"--Cover.
500 _aRev. ed. of: What is a googly? 1993.
505 0 _aWhy This Book? -- Where Did Cricket Come From? -- Where do Lord's and the MCC come in? -- When did cricket become 'modern'? -- Who was this Bradman bloke? -- Why do they complain that cricket isn't what it was? -- What is Cricket? -- Is it like rounders? -- How many people play in a cricket match? -- What happens on the cricket field? -- Why do they all change ends? -- Yes, but what's the point of it all? -- How are runs scored? -- How do you get somebody out? -- When, and why, do they all shout 'Howzat!'? -- Who's Winning? -- How do you win at cricket? -- Winning a one innings match -- Winning a two innings match -- How can you spend five days playing cricket and still draw? -- Why is it always raining? -- What Do All the People Do? -- Batsmen -- What is the batting order? -- When does the best batsman bat? -- Why do batsmen tap the ground with their bats? -- What is a square cut? -- Don't the batsmen get hurt? -- Bowlers -- Who are the bowlers? -- Why do bowlers have to make the ball bounce? -- How does the captain decide which type of bowler to choose? -- Who are the bowlers with long run ups? -- What is a medium pacer? -- Why do bowlers rub the ball on their trousers? -- How do they make it bounce funnily off the pitch? -- Aren't slow bowlers easy to hit? -- What is a googly? -- Fielders -- How do they all know where to stand? -- What are 'silly mid off' and 'short leg'? -- Why don't the fielders wear gloves? -- Who is the twelfth man? -- Umpires -- What does the umpire do? -- Who are the umpires? -- What About Tactics? -- What keeps the spectators so interested? -- What does the captain do? -- The toss (and the pitch) -- Tactics of the fielding captain -- Tactics of the batting captain -- What goes through the mind of the bowler? -- What are the batsman's tactics? -- So is there some kind of master plan? -- Do Cricket Matches Last For Ever? -- What is Test cricket? -- Which counties play county cricket? -- Which is the type of cricket that almost looks interesting? -- What type of cricket do they play on the village green? -- What About All Those Numbers? -- Why do they like all those numbers? -- Who keeps the score? -- How do you know when to clap? -- How can you tell if it's a good score? -- Do I need to know any of the famous statistics? -- Am I Ready to go to a Match Now? -- What should I take to a match? -- Why do they shout when I walk past the white screen? -- But What Makes Cricket so Special?.
520 0 _aCricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders."
520 8 0 _aThis is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by a world authority on the sport, the co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamentals -- basic rules, terminology, equipment -- to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore.
520 8 0 _aThe book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from Cricket Explained with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity.
520 8 0 _aAmong the topics covered in Cricket Explained's concise, user-friendly entries are: -- Cricket's history-- Making sense of the action on the field-- Batsmen and the batting order-- Fielders and fielding positions-- Fielding and batting tactics-- Scoring and statistics-- Bowling strategy-- How many players are required-- How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won-- Umpires and the rules-- Bowlers and their individual styles-- Different types of cricket played throughout the world
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