Synopses & Reviews
Whether you’re a weekend cricketer or aspiring armchair expert,
Cricket For Dummies helps you make sense of this fascinating sport. Not just a jargon busting guide to cricket’s laws, techniques and tactics, it also contains advice on kitting yourself out and provides lessons on playing the game and improving your batting, bowling and fielding skills. For the budding fan, there’s a guide to the greatest players, the memorable matches, and a tour through the cricketing scene – both domestic and international – giving you the knowledge you need to fully appreciate this special game.
This book has been updated for the Ashes 2009, featuring revised information on new players, the Indian premier league, Stanford 20:20 and the latest coverage of past and future competitions.
Julian Knight is a BBC journalist, writer, and cricket enthusiast. He is a former youth coach and captain, and has been a club cricketer for over 20 years.
Consultant Editor Gary Palmer played first class cricket for ten years with Somerset before becoming a professional coach.
Review
"A jargon-busting, comprehensive guide to cricket." (Cricket World, November 2006)
Synopsis
The fun and easy way to understand the fine points of cricket and play to win!
From the United Kingdom to the British Commonwealth (including Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and many Caribbean nations) to immigrant communities across North America, cricket is an extraordinarily popular sport. But for those unfamiliar with the game, the rules and jargon of cricket can seem baffling. This friendly guide demystifies the sport, explaining the arcane rules, defining idiosyncratic terms such as " silly point" and " late cuts, " and describing the skills, equipment, and tactics people need to start playing and winning the game. Complete with a tour of the international cricketing scene, Cricket For Dummies is a must-have reference for fans of the sport and would-be bowlers and batsmen everywhere.
Julian Knight (UK) is a BBC journalist, writer, and cricket enthusiast. A club cricketer for over 20 years, he has captained two national championship teams.
Synopsis
Includes a diagram of fielding positions for easy referenceA complete guide to cricket for players and fans
Whether you're a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies will help you get to grips with this fascinating sport. Inside you'll find an outline of the game's laws plus in-depth advice on improving your playing techniques and tactics. You'll also discover the tournaments, global rivalries, and great players that make today's game so compelling.
Discover how to
- Master cricket's basic rules
- Hone your playing skills
- Devise winning tactics as a player and a team
- Coach your children to play
- Follow every format of the game – from Twenty20 to Tests
About the Author
Julian Knight was born in 1972 in Chester. He was educated at the Chester Catholic High School and later Hull University, where he obtained a degree in History. Since 2002 Julian has been the BBC News personal finance and consumer affairs reporter and has won many awards for his journalism. Before this, he worked for
Moneywise magazine and wrote for
The Guardian amongst many other publications. He has also authored
Wills, Probate & Inheritance Tax For Dummies and
Retiring Wealthy For Dummies.
Julian has played league cricket for 20 years. He is a former captain at Blackheath Cricket Club and has played for several clubs in London and the north west of England.
Gary Palmer played first-class cricket as an all-rounder with Somerset for ten years. He has since developed a successful career as a cricket coach and holds the English Cricket Board’s Level III coaching qualification. He has taught other coaches as part of the ECB Coaching Team and has also been involved with delivering the Centre of Excellence programme to Regional and National Youth Squads. During the winter of 1995/6 he worked in South Africa at the Eastern Province Cricket Academy as Head Coach, and since then his top-class coaching experience has included working with the Australian Test team in 2001, the India Test team in 2002, and the Sri Lanka Touring team in 2002. He established the CricketCoachMaster Academy in 2003, with the aim of providing boys aged between 15 and 19 who want to become professional cricketers with a cricketing experience in a first-class environment. Gary currently works as a specialist batting coach for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.
Table of Contents
Foreword.Introduction.
Part I: Getting Started.
Chapter 1: Taking In the Joy of Cricket.
Chapter 2: Getting to Grips with the Basics.
Chapter 3: From 20 Overs to 5 Days: The Many Formats of Cricket.
Chapter 4: Grabbing the Right Gear: Cricket Equipment.
Part II: Playing the Game.
Chapter 5: Honing Your Batting Skills.
Chapter 6: Making it Big As a Bowler.
Chapter 7: Fielding Made Easy.
Chapter 8: Talking Tactics: Captaining a Cricket Team.
Chapter 9: Talented Training and Cricket Coaching.
Part III: Welcome to Planet Cricket.
Chapter 10: Grasping the Global Rivalries.
Chapter 11: Taking in Big International Tournaments.
Chapter 12: The Domestic Cricket Scene.
Chapter 13: Becoming a Cricket Fan.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten Greatest Ever Cricketers.
Chapter 15: Ten Most Memorable Cricket Matches.
Chapter 16: Ten Mind-boggling Cricket Feats.
Chapter 17: Ten Great Cricket Controversies.
Index.