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In spring 2018, England cricket had a performance problem. The Test team hadn’t won a Test match overseas for nearly two years. Recently crushed in the Ashes, England teams were world ranked 5th, 4th and 2nd across the three formats. The England and Wales Cricket Board approached Ed Smith, asking him to bring in a whole new philosophy. Over the next three years, England’s teams won 7 out of 10 completed matches—better than England had ever performed in the board’s history. Making Decisions shares Ed’s approach to finding success.

The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother – and the 2020 edition of Wisden is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, and all the front-of-book articles.

Bill Frindall, or Bearders, is well known to cricket fans from Test Match Special. Bearders took over the scoring for Test Match Special in June 1966, at the First Test against West Indies at Old Trafford. He was nicknamed the Bearded Wonder by Brian Johnston because of his encyclopedic knowledge of cricket scores and statistics.

Since the 19th century, England has been sending its cricket teams around the world to take on their rivals. Initially, these trips were undertaken by boat, meaning players could be away for many months, often in alien conditions. With air travel reducing journey time and facilities much improved, the challenges still remain: homesickness, isolation, hostile crowds. For some, the experience can be too much, while others thrive in the heat and dust of battle. The Tour looks at all aspects of the history of England's cricketers abroad.

There will have been times when you have decided you will never watch them again, only to go back on the vow the next time a Test comes along. But, for every crushing disappointment there have been triumphs that evoke utter euphoria. Moments when the pain you've suffered in the past all suddenly becomes worthwhile. So sit back and immerse yourself in England's finest moments.

Hawke first captained Yorkshire in the Championship in 1883. He was also the man who sacked Bobby Peel, the greatest left-arm bowler of his era, and infamously declaimed "Pray God, no professional shall ever captain England", sentiments that very nearly damned him forever. A man of contradictions, strong convictions, more often than not his own worst enemy, this cricketing biography goes behind the myth of the man looking to paint a picture of one of cricket’s great men.

The world of cricket is under threat. In the shadows, a secret conspiracy is at work. Their goal? To give the rich, the powerful and the well-connected total control of the game. One young boy stands in their way. Honest, brave and determined, Frank Meadows dreams of becoming a famous cricketer. Stuck working as a lowly dogsbody at The Ancient Assembly of Cricket, he just needs one chance to prove himself. When Frank stumbles on the schemes of The League of The Stuffed Shirts, he must decide. Stay silent and let the game he loves be taken over.

50 Things to Know About Cricket by Danish Bakhrani offers an approach to understand the cricket game thoroughly and also to learn the unknown facts about the gentlemen game. Most books on cricket tell you about the history of this game and interesting matches the world has watched till today. In this audio, you'll discover the knowledge about cricket and its uncommon facts. This book will help you to get equipped with interesting uncommon facts if you are cricket lover.

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Devon Cricket is a collection of my father’s writings on the subject. The centerpiece of the monograph is the essay "The Beginnings of Devon Cricket", which is accompanied by biographical sketches of that seminal figure in Devonian cricketing folklore "John Henry Copleston", a shorter piece about "Shaw: the Nameless One", and "The Butchers of Devon", about a remarkable West Country cricketing family. In publishing this I am doing what my father would have done had he lived in our marvelously interconnected age—making this material available to the widest possible audience.

Why does England rely on private schools for their batters—but not their bowlers? How did demographics shape India’s rise? Why have women often been the game’s great innovators? Why does South Africa struggle to produce Black Test batters? And how does the weather impact who wins? Crickonomics explores all of this and much more.

Cricket on the Beach is book one of the alternative history series Timeline 10/27/62 - Australia. Timeline 10/27/62 is set in a world in which the Cuban Missiles Crisis went wrong and the swinging '60s never happened. The thermonuclear madness might not have reached as far south as Australasia, but in the weeks and months after the Cuban Missiles War, many more people might have succumbed to the "On the Beach" syndrome had it not been for the distraction of a unique sporting odyssey.

Recorded live in front of appreciative theatre audiences, here are dozens of hilarious stories about legendary Test cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Holding and Fred Trueman, as well as some of the most famous gaffes and practical jokes carried out by the commentary team on BBC Radio's Test Match Special.

Here are all-time great performances and personalities from the world of cricket, as recalled by some of the game's leading players, writers, and commentators. You'll hear from Donald Bradman, Mike Atherton, Jim Laker, Henry Blofeld, Andrew Flintoff, Anil Kumble, Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Brian Lara, Shane Warne, and Ian Botham.

Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes the listener on a journey from A-Z through the world of cricket. In his trademark charming style, Blowers goes through the alphabet, explaining some of the puzzling cricket terminology and regaling his favourite anecdotes from his 50 years in the sport, covering the most important moments in the sport's history as well as the most entertaining and amusing.

An entertaining collection of insider yarns by an Aussie Test cricket legend. 'In the Test arena, Dennis Lillee was never beaten. West Indian champion Viv Richards had taken the sword to all the international bowlers of his era. But when he came up against Lillee, it was a heavyweight fight between unrelenting combatants. Their contests were always take-no-prisoners affairs.'

A wonderful collection of hilarious cricket stories and anecdotes from the one and only 'Tuffers'. Phil Tufnell, aka 'Tuffers', is the much-loved English cricketer who has now become one of the country's favourite broadcasters. Not cast from the same mould as other players of his generation, Tufnell has become a cult figure for his unorthodox approach to the game ... and to life in general. Tuffers' Cricket Tales is a deliciously eccentric collection of the great man's favourite cricket stories that will amuse and inform.

This audiobook will, in a concise way, give you all you need to know on the subject of cricket. It is a simple guide to the rules, history, controversies, famous players, exciting characters, beautiful grounds, and some of the wonderful anecdotes associated with the great game of Cricket.

Delve into the soul-stirring world of cricket alongside the talented duo of Matt Ellis and Matt Fiction. Their fervent love for the game comes alive in this enchanting book through heartfelt reflections and mesmerizing haiku poems. As you immerse yourself in their words, you'll be transported to unforgettable moments that have shaped their cricketing odyssey, forever etching a place in their hearts.

Playing cricket in Germany in the 1930s was not always as...fraught. But it certainly had its moments. German Cricket, the second monograph in the James D. Coldham series, covers the fraught, the arcane, and the frankly bizarre aspects of the history of the game in Germany drawing on a wealth of research.