Cricket ball : the heart of the game /: the heart of the game. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Cox.
• Authors: Cox, Gary
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgementsContents of the OverFirst Delivery: LoosenerAnimated inanimate objectA regular Mad Hatter's tea partyWatching cricket on the radioSecond Delivery: Cricket Ball SurveyedIdeal ballReal ballPerfect handfulThird Delivery: Cricket Ball MadeWhat is a cricket ball?Evolution of the rolling globular bodyCoriaceus orbisCentres of excellenceFourth Delivery : Cricket Ball PlayedBowling overarm, not underarm or throwingNew ball, old ball, live ball, dead ball, no-ball, lost ball, swing ball, dot ballBall tamperingFast bowling – pace is nothing without controlLengthLineBodylineSpin bowling – the art of confusionFielding – the art of attentivenessTranscendental ballFifth Delivery: Cricket Ball PainComedy and tragedyPitches, padding and cane handle batsDeath tollPrinces, umpires and pigeonsSixth Delivery: Cricket Ball FameGreat players, stats and performancesBotham rises from the ashes Easeful AtlasThe Gatting BallThe Strauss BallThe Laker BallThe Sobers Six Sixes BallSeventh Delivery: Umpire MiscountingBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 796.358; Cricket; Cricket; GAMES / Gambling / Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION / History; SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy -- General; Philosophy -- Movements -- Realism; Sports & Recreation -- Cricket; Philosophy -- Movements -- Phenomenology; Popular philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350014596; 1350014591
• Related ISBNs: 9781350014589
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 18, 2018).
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