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24%OFFSimon Hughes - And God Created Cricket: An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it - 9780552775069 - V9780552775069
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And God Created Cricket: An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it

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Description for And God Created Cricket: An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it 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.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552775069
SKU
V9780552775069
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About Simon Hughes
Simon Hughes won eight titles with Middlesex, including four county cricket championships, between 1980 and 1991 before finishing his playing career at Durham. He started writing for the Independent while still playing, and has written for the Daily Telegraph and broadcasted for the BBC since his retirement in 1994. He is known to millions of cricket fans as 'The Analyst' ... Read more

Reviews for And God Created Cricket: An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it
Excellent and innovative
Richie Benaud
The culture and history of the game are amusingly brought out in an enormously jolly book by one of our best cricket writers, Simon Hughes. Its very title - And God Created Cricket - appropriately echoes the near-religious fervour with which many of us regard, or used to regard, the game. With his ... Read more

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