Cricket Ball

by Gary Cox

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game.

Gary Cox tells us the life story of the ball in its many guises: new ball, old ball, live ball, dead ball, no-ball, lost ball, swing ball and dot ball. He untangles the complexities of spin bowling (with a little help from Shane Warne), the tricks and cheats...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350014583
• ISBN13: 9781350014589
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 7.9"