Showing posts with label cricket. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Legends of Cricket (New Speciality Titles) Review

Legends of Cricket (New Speciality Titles)
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If you are an avid cricket fan you should own "Legends of Cricket" even if you don't agree with the author's rankings. Each article is very informative and thoroughly researched.

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In order to identify the 25 greatest cricketers of all time, ESPN assembled a panel of eminent cricket authorities. The result of their deliberations became the basis for ESPN's Legends of Cricket. In Legends of Cricket, Geoff Armstrong profiles each of the champions who made the top 25. The panel included Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Ian Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar and Sir Richard Hadlee.The profiles feature the opinions of more than 40 current and former Test stars, including 21 Test captains, the world's most famous umpire and a number of high-profile commentators and writers.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket Review

Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket
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Woolmer's book provides quite interesting reading, as much for what it includes [bowling and batting strategy, critical views of Darrell Hair and Muralithan and that Pakistani test, what constitutes a fair delivery etc] as what it does not [not much on fielding and throwing]. Snippets from historical greats of the game add much to the story.
Be warned [sic], he does come off the long run, making it a weighty read. Afficionados of the game would be rewarded for their efforts. It takes as long as a test match to read and digest, but is well worth it!

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Certain to become the definitive manual on playing and coaching cricket, this trail-blazing book represents the first time that a cricket coach and a sports scientist (both world experts in their field) have teamed up to create probably the most comprehensive book on playing and coaching cricket there is. The authors vision: to develop players who show not only technical but mental strength, and who are as physically fit and injury-resistant as possible. Much more than a coaching manual, this book reflects Bob Woolmer's passion for constant innovation and questioning his dedication to the art and science of cricket.Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned drawings and photos, the book includes useful summaries, anecdotes and tips from some of the game's greatest players and characters.

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

LITTLE BOOK OF CRICKET: A CRICKETING A TO Z Review

LITTLE BOOK OF CRICKET: A CRICKETING A TO Z
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bought this for my uncle, former pro cricketeer, he loves it, began reading it immediately and couldn't put it down, shipment was fast, can't recommend this book/vendor more highly!!

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Cricket For Dummies Review

Cricket For Dummies
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I was a bit disappointed in this book because I was hoping to learn about cricket so that I could better understand when I am watching a match. About half this book is spent on tips on how to play and practice cricket.

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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 the cricketing scene – both domestic and international – giving you the knowledge you need to fully appreciate this special game.
This book has been updated for the Ashes 2009, featuring revised information on new players, the Indian premier league, Stanford 20:20 and the latest coverage of past and future competitions.
Julian Knight is a BBC journalist, writer, and cricket enthusiast. He is a former youth coach and captain, and has been a club cricketer for over 20 years.Consultant Editor Gary Palmer played first class cricket for ten years with Somerset before becoming a professional coach.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Cricket Explained Review

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I had the pleasure of catching two of the five days of an England test match against South Africa at the Oval during a recent holiday in London. As an American and an avid baseball fan, all I had ever heard of cricket was "boring", "incomprehensible" and, yet again, "boring". I found my two days at the Oval fascinating and was fortunate enough to not only have the patience to pay attention to the game during those two days, but also to stumble upon this great book at a bookstore on Fulham. I was even more fortunate to find the book between the two days I attended, read it from cover to cover, and have become a bit of a pest now to my American nonbelieving friends. Cricket is a great sport and if you want the quick and dirty, well here it is. From Googly to Howzhat, it's all here. Now I know enough to pester my Indian neighbors during the next test match. I wish I had this book last year during the World Cup. Great read.

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Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders". This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by a world authority on the sport, the co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamentals -- basic rules, terminology, equipment -- to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. The book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from Cricket Explained with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity. Among the topics covered in Cricket Explained's concise, user-friendly entries are: -- Cricket's history-- Making sense of the action on the field-- Batsmen and the batting order-- Fielders and fielding positions-- Fielding and batting tactics-- Scoring and statistics-- Bowling strategy-- How many players are required-- How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won-- Umpires and the rules-- Bowlers and their individual styles-- Different types of cricket played throughout the world

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Art of Wrist-Spin Bowling Review

The Art of Wrist-Spin Bowling
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This is a fantastic read for anyone wishing to try there hand at the style of bowling pioneered in the modern game by the likes of Shane Warne, Mushtaq Ahmed, and Anil Kumble.The book contains detailed information and useful photos on everything you need to know about wrist-spin.If your a die hard cricket fan youll find this book fascinating, and if youre just a casual reader you might find it interesting too. Well worth the money!

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With the striking success of Shane Warne and Abdul Qadir in modern Test cricket, wrist-spin bowling is definitely back in fashion. In this fully illustrated and readable book, Peter Philpott shows players and coaches at all levels how to acquire the skills of this highly dexterous style of bowling. Areas covered include the basic techniques covered step by step, solving bowling problems, how to bat against wrist-spin, mental and physical preparation for matches, and the tactics to use.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Fast Bowler's Bible Review

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I play league cricket in the USA. After my knee surgery, I have lost the rythm in my bowling, lost pace and spraying the ball around. I have been looking for a book that teaches me not just what to do, but also the mechanics behind it. In that sense, it is the only book available.
Author followed how and why to do every step that constitutes the bowling action, starting from the run up to follow through. I have improved my pace and control within a couple of practice sessions. I recommend this book to every bowler.
One caution is that one may need to read the book again and again to understand it, at least in my case.

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This fascinating book reveals the secrets of fast bowling and explains how it is possible to simultaneously bowl fast, straight, and accurately. It is a very practical, easily accessible bowling manual that any seam or swing bowler playing at any level can understand. Additionally, it contains explosive new information being used by the world's best cricketers.

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman Review

Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman
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Sachin Tendulkar has been the solid force behind India's strong position in the world cricket. This book captures the many feats of this little master and describes how Sachin became such a competitor while remaining one of the most admired person as a human being.

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In the twelve years that he has been in the public eye, Sachin Tendulkar has been explosive on the cricket field and just as reticent off it. He was barely fifteen years old when he first wrote his name into the record books with a stupendous 664-run partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambli. Two year later, he struck his first century in first-class cricket. At eighteen, he became the second youngest man to make a hundred in international cricket, and after that there was no looking back. Records tumbled by the wayside as he captivated audiences first in his home city of Mumbai, then in the rest of India and all over the cricket-playing world. Today, Sachin is widely accepted as the world's finest batsman, with impeccable technique, an incredible array of strokes, and maturity far beyond his years. His teammates and friends swear by him, his fans worship him and there are few, if any, critics of his game or his temperament. In this biography of the hero of Indian cricket, sports writer Gulu Ezekiel mines interviews, press reports and conversations over the last decade to create an accurate and sympathetic account of the man and his first passion: cricket. He tracks Sachin from his childhood when he first caught the bug of cricket, through his early performances in the Ranji Trophy and other domestic tournaments, and follows him on his meteoric rise to international stardom. With unfailing attention to detail, he reconstructs the crucial matches and events that marked Sachin's career and unravels for us the magic of the charismatic cricketer whom Wisden once dubbed 'bigger than Jesus'. Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman, the first, serious exhaustive biography of the Tendulkar career so far, brings back, like a warm autumn breeze does, the memory of the wunderkind's early exhilarating summers in international cricket...The book is akin to a documentary in prose...the book's big virtue is that it is laboriously researched and cross-referenced. For any quizzer on Mastermind India opting for "The Life and Times of Sachin Tendulkar" as their specialist subject there's good news. You just got yourself the ready reckoner that covers 1973-2002.

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tom Smith's New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring: The Internationally Recognised and Definitive Guide to the Interpretation and Application of the Laws of Cricket Review

Tom Smith's New Cricket Umpiring and Scoring: The Internationally Recognised and Definitive Guide to the Interpretation and Application of the Laws of Cricket
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The most comprehensive explanation of the Laws of Cricket available. Easy to follow and easy to read.

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Since its first publication, Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring has become the first reference book umpires and scorers from test match to club cricket levels consult. It contains the complete Laws of Cricket, help on interpretation, and practical hints. Tom Smith's book has been revised under the auspices of the Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers, and is the only guide authorized by the association. The new editionincorporates the full 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket with amendments as ratified by the MCC and international and national cricket bodies in 2003.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Village Idiots? An Affair with English Cricket Review

Village Idiots An Affair with English Cricket
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As an ex-pat Aussie living in the non-Cricket world of the U.S., Tim Wade's collection of stories and reflections on English county cricket made we want to grab my bat and find someone (anyone!) to play a short game. Wade brings his love of the game, his keen insight and his gentle humor to rest on the people, lore and rules of the fine sport. A great read!

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A gently mocking view of English village cricket by an Australian (the \'Old Enemy\', no less) who has been bewitched by its grace, charm, and sheer otherworldliness.

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Ashes Cricket (2009) PS3 Review

Ashes Cricket (2009) PS3
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well THE BIGGEST problem, game is not released to us or Canada, so i had to order it from UK. The game-play and graphics are second to none, i have never seen a game quite like The Ashes, graphics are similar to NBA 2K10, with players facial expressions and swatting. you pretty much can play all the shots like in a real game mid-on, off etc....the bowling is also realistic with drift, dusras spin. The one feature, i enjoy the most is the ability to change how old the pitch is, i.e one game old two games old etc. It supports trophies so you will have new trophy every time you complete a challenge in a game.
The game is good but needs a patch released for fielding glitches, its very difficult to catch a ball, believe me i have played over 50hrs of it. on my good day i am able to complete only 80% of all catches. its not fully licensed by all cricket boards, so they have purposely misspelled the names of all the counties players except Australia and England. I would expect product like it, to be fully licensed. sometimes its hard to hit the ball but i have realized once you have passed the learning curve it almost becomes second nature.
overall, the game is 9/10. i personally feel its a step in the right direction as far as cricket games are concerned for xbox, and ps3. yes even though this game is PAL, format it play with ps3 in united states, you have to make sure you are using HDMI cables and HDTV

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Bringing you closer to the action than ever before with the officially licensed teams, players and stadia of the 2009 npower Ashes Series! The game will provide you with the most authentic Ashes experience possible without having to don your white. Delivering all the exciting, athletic, skilful and technical elements of the sport, the games comprehensive Ashes mode will feature all five Tests played out at carefully detailed recreations of each authentic venue. Featuring twelve Test playing nations and eighteen stadia from around the world, Ashes Cricket 2009 is the most comprehensive cricket video game ever. Experience the whole gamut of the world of cricket from the iconic Ashes series, Test matches, ODIs and 20 over games. The kits, the pacing, the atmosphere and the players all change depending upon your game mode. Product Description Bringing you closer to the action than ever before with the officially licensed teams, players and stadia of the 2009 npower Ashes Series! Enhanced bowling experience: Make decisions as the bowler does with an intuitive, interactive bowling control scheme. Dynamic and intuitive batting. Feel more in control of the ball than ever before, with greater coverage and shot choice. Official Hawk-Eye Tracking. Official Hawk-Eye visualisations, as seen on TV. Cricket Legends Mode. Learn how to master the disciplines of batting, bowling and fielding with coaching from Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne. Play in stadiums from around the world. Eighteen of the world's most recognisable stadia recreate geographic conditions and climates, as well as true-to-life crowd noise and atmosphere. Expect swing in England, bounce in Australia and extra turn in India. Online Play. Full online multiplayer gaming. Single and Multiplayer Modes: Two player Co-op play, with up to four player vs matches.

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Cutting Edge Cricket Review

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Kevin Lowe here, from TheCricketingEdge.com website. This book is a fantastic read and has many insightful tips on how to get the edge over your opponents. Well worth the read.

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Cutting Edge Cricket has brought together unrivalled advice on playing and coaching cricket from 38 of Australia’s most legendary players and coaches. Covering every aspect of cricket play you will learn and appreciate how the greatest players in Australia’s cricket history reached the pinnacle of their game.



From reading Cutting Edge Cricket you will be able to provide ways and means of enhancing your team’s daily training and match play. Cutting Edge Cricket not only contains the best drills for batting, bowling, fielding and wicketkeeping. Inside you will also find best practice strategies for captains and coaches to follow in leading and managing a team to success.



The illustrious list of contributors includes the following:

· Australian Captains - Greg Chappell, Mark Taylor, Belinda Clark and Bob Simpson.

· National Coaches – John Buchanan, Tim Nielsen and Tom Moody (Sri Lanka)

· Players - Justin Langer (batsman), Merv Hughes (fast bowler), Ashley Mallett (spin bowler) and Ian Healy (wicketkeeper)

· Sport Scientists – Professors Bruce Abernethy and Bruce Elliott



Each time you open this book you’ll learn something new and useful for your next practice or match. Soak up the stories and benefit from the wisdom of the great players and coaches from this most successful cricket nation.




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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Coaching Youth Cricket (Coaching Youth Sports Series) Review

Coaching Youth Cricket (Coaching Youth Sports Series)
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I coach youth cricket in Colorado (USA) with programs in both the community and at the elementary school level. I have found this book a wonderful resource for interesting drills. I have also expanded and modified their drills for American children to create additional drills for my program.
I believe this book is a MUST for anyone serious about mainstreaming cricket in the US, and more specifically teaching children (who live anywhere!) cricket.
The ACB has approved this; remember they have created the worlds best cricket side, arguably, best ever. Why not learn from the best, using their tools and resources? This is one affordable vehicle one should consider for your children and adult cricket program!
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Coaching Youth Cricket gives you the tools you need to become a successful coach, even in your first season. Written by the Australian Cricket Board—the country\'s leading cricket authority—this complete guide combines the basics of coaching and cricket in one concise resource. It is essential reading for beginning coaches of 6- to 14-year-old athletes.

Beginning with the basics, the book addresses the primary responsibilities and essential qualities of a good coach. You will learn fundamental coaching skills, including how to

- communicate with players, parents, fans, umpires, and other coaches;- teach sport skills sequentially;- plan, organize, and conduct effective practices; and- prevent injuries and provide emergency care.

The remainder of the book focuses specifically on how to teach cricket to children. A thorough overview of the sport answers any questions you might have about rules, equipment, game procedures, positions, and scorekeeping. You\'ll also find indispensable advice on teaching basic cricket skills—from throwing to wicketkeeping—along with more than 50 drills to improve your players\' skills. Last but not least, the book presents team tactics and practice games that promote leadership and team spirit.

Filled with 162 helpful illustrations, Coaching Youth Cricket will help you meet the challenges and experience the rewards of coaching young players.


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