Cricket Sport

Have you ever gotten bored when the weather is too bad to go outside for recess? Bored students and bad weather inspired James Naismith to invent the game of basketball in the late 19th century. Using a soccer ball and peach baskets, Professor Naismith worked out the rules of the new sport at the local YMCA.

In urban areas, bicycle riding is often favored over driving cars. More and more large cities are introducing bicycle lanes to encourage this healthy and eco-friendly mode of transport. Some countries in Europe like Denmark and the Netherlands helped start the biking sensation. Some cities even allow people to even rent a bike for a small fee. Explore your city by riding on a bike with a friend!

Ever wonder why sports balls always seem to move in an arc when thrown or hit? Explore the physics of parabolic motion through the use of basketballs, tennis balls, and baseballs. Once you've figured out how the kinetic energy of a thrown ball is replaced by potential energy, you can use these facts to help you play sports in real life!

Successful two-man canoeing requires teamwork. Cousins Ben and Jude must learn to work together to avoid a disaster on the Delaware River.

Each year, more than 250 hikers need assistance at the Grand Canyon. If you plan ahead and use safety smarts, you can avoid becoming number 251! And you can have a great hiking adventure.

Ally needs to rest up for the big game tomorrow, but she is awakened first by the wind, then the rain, and finally thunder. She politely asks them to leave, which they do, until game time.

Charlie realized that soccer was a lot harder than it looked. While he continued to practice, he remembered to cheer for his teammates too.

After scoring big in basketball practice, Lester wonders why his mom hasn't picked him up from practice. In the meantime, the girl he was trying to impress comes and talks to him.

The Nightwatchman contains the very best of cricket writing from all over the world, produced in association with Wisden. It gathers together leading cricket journalists and well-known writers from other disciplines - mathematics, poetry, history and literature, to name but a few - to offer long-form original pieces about all aspects of cricket. It aims to ensure that the tradition of high-quality cricket writing is continued and to make that writing accessible from anywhere in the world.

In No Spin, Shane sets the record straight. From his extraordinary family history to his childhood as a budding Aussie Rules footballer in suburban Melbourne. From the legendary 'Gatting ball' to his history-making 700th Test wicket. From the controversy surrounding the diuretic pill in South Africa to his high-profile relationship with Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley. Nothing is off limits, and Shane tackles it all with his trademark directness and humour.

Zander is embarrassed when a photo of him wearing a tutu is printed in the school paper. With the help of a ballerina and a football player, Zander and his classmates learn that ballet is not just for girls!

Have you ever watched a race car take a pit stop? Learn about all of the different jobs members of the pit crew have. The pit crew does everything from change the tires of a race car to refilling the gas tank, all faster than you can count to ten!

Duncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable man who virtually invented modern sports writing.... Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In The Great Romantic, award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever.

Follow along with Poppy the bicycle as he helps Greg, Erica, and Jay learn how to ride.

Before the race even begins, engineers and designers have already been hard at work testing each and every part of a racecar.

In The Little Wonder, Robert Winder traces the central role the game has played in national life for so long. The book's 150th anniversary in 2013 is the ideal time to tell the extraordinary story of Wisden's - and cricket's - journey from Victorian times to the modern world. New every year, it feels as though it has been with us for ever.

The fascinating life story of professional cricketer Kevin Pietersen, MBE, from his childhood in South Africa to his recent experiences as one of the leading lights in the world of international cricket.

Many critics believe Adam Gilchrist is the greatest wicketkeeper/batsman to have played the game, but Adam's huge popularity does not rest solely on his incredible track record. To his millions of fans around the world, it is the way he plays the game - rather than simply the sum of his achievements - that marks him out as one of the best-loved cricketers of his generation.

"This is going to be the most unique cricket tour since the Second World War.'' Ravi Shastri's prophetic words came true as India pulled off one of the greatest coups in cricketing history, beating Australia in Australia for the second time in three years, eventually breaching the Gabba fortress with what was eventually a skeleton team. Bharat was known as the 'Eyes and Ears of the Tour', being the only Indian-origin journalist covering this most memorable series live and seeing the drama unfold in real time.

No one knows for sure how golf began, but it did begin in Scotland, and quickly became a challenging game that was enjoyed by people of both royalty and the working class. At one point, Scottish kings tried to ban the popular sport but eventually took up the sport themselves.