Cricket for Dummies

by Julian Knight and Malcolm Conn

Book Overview

Whether you're a weekend cricketer or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you make sense of this fascinating sport. Not just a jargon busting guide to cricket's laws, techniques and tactics, it also contains advice on kitting yourself out and provides lessons on playing the game and improving your batting, bowling and fielding skills. For the budding fan, there's a guide to the greatest players, the memorable matches, and a tour through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470034548
• ISBN13: 9780470034545
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Cricket for Dummies

Transaction was very pleasant. Book was a birthday gift present, so I haven't read it.

Great reference for US cricket enthusiasts

I fell in love with Cricket while deployed to Diego Garcia several years ago. We watched Cricket matches broadcast to on South African satellite TV. For anyone who hasn't a clue what the game is all about, this book is a FABULOUS read. Though most of the references to teams and County Cricket are obviously more meaningful to British readers, the level of detail and explanation is great for US fans. Breakdowns on the fielding, bowling, and batting aspects of the game flow smoothly and are extremely easy to follow. The history and current state of the game sections give you a real feel for just how very large Cricket is in the rest of the world and makes my sorry we can't embrace what is really the most civilized of sporting events still being played. (What 300 pound lineman would be caught dead taking "Drinks" or the "Tea Interval" at halftime at the Super Bowl?!) Pick up a copy and get a good handle on the great game that we turned into baseball!

Great Introduction

Having known little, and with a need to get up-to-speed quickly - trip to England and daughter's (in school there) boyfriend a cricket "nut" - this fit the bill nicely.