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Description
Cricket - The Spectators Guide to the Game offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to the universal game of cricket. Miriam Rice- Walcott has written this book with the new spectator to the game of cricket in mind. The book is also of practical use to the novice player with examples of field positions and pitch measurements. It is easy to read and with handy links to the various terms listed in the Glossary. The Spectators Guide to Cricket gives an overview of the game and includes •Glossary of Cricketing Terms •A Brief history of the Game •Spectator Etiquette •Variations of the Game-Test Cricket •Variations of the Game-First Class Cricket •Variations of the Game-One Day Cricket •Variations of the Game-Twenty/20 Cricket The book has colour pictures throughout including examples of all the Umpire signals. There are also instructions on how to score and sample scoring sheets available for download. In the ten years since the last edition of this book was published much has changed in the world of cricket. Although most of the rules of cricket have remained the same, there have been a number of changes with the evolution of the limited overs and twenty/twenty matches. The big change has come with the growth of Twenty-20 match tournaments like the BBL (Big Bash League), IPL (Indian Premier League) and CPL (Caribbean Premier League). These innovations have opened up the sport to a much bigger audience who prefer the quick and sure result of these types of matches over the longer and uncertain outcome of a Test Match. Over 149 million fans watched the 2016 CPL season, combining broadcast and digital viewership, to make it one of the fastest growing leagues in world cricket. In 2017 the CPL (Caribbean Premier League) will play four matches in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, returning the game to one of its founding homes. USA Under 19 players will be embedded in the teams giving them the associate with some of the top professional cricketers in the world. The potential for the growth of the sport in the USA leaves it open to an even larger audience. Cricket - The Spectators Guide to the Game offers this audience of new spectators a concise and convenient user friendly access to the basic rules of the game, its terminology and equipment used. This book is not an encyclopedia of the game nor is it a rule book. Cricket - The Spectators Guide to the Game will leave the reader with an understanding of this complex game beloved by many around the world. Read more Read less
Publisher : Blue Palm Publications; 3rd edition (August 29, 2018)
Publication date : August 29, 2018
Language : English
File size : 12318 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Not enabled
Enhanced typesetting : Not Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
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