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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The definitive history of English cricket told in typically irreverent fashion by the William Hill Award-winning author of A Lot of Hard Yakka.Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses.Throughout its 500-year history, cricket has been a mirror for society as a whole, reflecting the changes that have brought us from the quintessential village green to Freddie Flintoff's pedalo, from W G Grace to Monty Panesar, via a fair number of eccentrics, heroes and downright villains.William Hill Award-winning writer Simon Hughes, no mean player himself, has lived and breathed cricket his whole life and now takes his analytical skills and typically irreverent eye to charting the history of English cricket. But this is no dry, dusty tome. It is the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people will go to to watch and play it, the tale of a national obsession. It debunks the myth of cricket sportsmanship, showing the origins of sledging and match-fixing in centuries of subterfuge, corruption and violence. And it takes us beyond sport, to the heart of what it really means to be English. Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. This title presents the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people go to watch and play it, and the tale of a national obsession. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780552775069
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Book Description Condition: New. 2010. First Thus. Paperback. Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. This title presents the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people go to watch and play it, and the tale of a national obsession. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780552775069
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Book Description Condition: New. 2010. First Thus. Paperback. Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. This title presents the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people go to watch and play it, and the tale of a national obsession. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780552775069
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. This title presents the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people go to watch and play it, and the tale of a national obsession. Seller Inventory # B9780552775069
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