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The Meaning of Cricket
Jon Hotten
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Description for The Meaning of Cricket
Paperback. Cricket does strange things to you. It is a team game that is almost entirely dependent on individual performance. Blending legendary players, from Vivian Richards to Mark Ramprakash, Kevin Pietersen to Ricky Ponting, with his own cricketing story, the author explores the impact the game can have on an individual life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224100199
SKU
V9780224100199
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99
About Jon Hotten
Jon Hotten is the author of four books, including Muscle and The Years of the Locust, and writes the popular cricket blog The Old Batsman. He co-wrote the award-winning documentary Death of a Gentleman, and his collaboration with the former England bowler Simon Jones, The Test, won the Wisden Almanack's Book of the Year award in 2016.
Reviews for The Meaning of Cricket
A beautifully written meditation on the joys of summer
Tom Holland
Evening Standard, Book of the Year
Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best... He has the eye for a beautifully judged phrase
Richard Whitehead
Cricketer
Hotten has emerged as a worthy addition to the lineage ... Read more
Tom Holland
Evening Standard, Book of the Year
Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best... He has the eye for a beautifully judged phrase
Richard Whitehead
Cricketer
Hotten has emerged as a worthy addition to the lineage ... Read more