Description: Further DetailsTitle: On CricketCondition: NewEAN: 9781472129468ISBN: 9781472129468Publisher: ConstableFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/06/2019Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 126mmItem Width: 30mmItem Weight: 290gAuthor: Mike BrearleyLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1472129466Description: 'A treasure of recollections and reactions, talking heroes, controversies and big themes' i paper'Brearley is at his best in these quirky, delightful essays when he is exploring the human qualities of humbler players . . . Brearley's admiration for his friends' decency, craftsmanship and modesty seems to recall a golden age of country cricket' The Times'Brearley has a knack for paying respect to the past without denigrating the present and for calmly considering the future' Mail on SundayMike Brearley was arguably one of England's finest cricket captains; not just for his outstanding record leading his country but also for the way he orchestrated, during the 1981 Ashes series, one of the most extraordinary reversals in sporting history.In this collection of sparkling essays, Brearley reflects on the game he has come to know so well. He ranges from the personal - the influence of his Yorkshire father and the idols of his youth - to controversial aspects of the professional game, including cheating, corruption, and innovation, the latter often being on a borderline between genius and rebellion.Brearley also evaluates his heroes (amongst them Viv Richards, Bishan Bedi and Dennis Lillee), the game changers, the outstanding wicketkeepers, the 'Indian-ness' of four generations of Indian batsmen and the important commentators (including Harold Pinter, John Arlott and Ian Chappell). The Ashes, the most sustained love-hate relationship in the history of sport and key to Brearley's test-playing career, are raked over. Central to the book is an important section on race and cricket, and the legacy of C. L. R. James.Insightful and humorous, On Cricket is an intelligent exposition of the game's idiosyncratic culture and its enduring appeal.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Sports & HobbiesRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: On Cricket
Title: On Cricket
EAN: 9781472129468
ISBN: 9781472129468
Release Date: 06/06/2019
Release Year: 2019
ISBN-10: 1472129466
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: On Cricket
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group The Limited
Topic: Cricket, Sports Psychology, Sociology of Sports, Essays
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Mike Brearley
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
