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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Cricket
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, first published in 1979, is well
established as an invaluable and unique source of reference
essential to any cricket library. This new volume includes full
scorecards and match reports from 1877 to 1977. Originally edited
by Bill Frindall, this new volume brings collectors' libraries up
to date, ensuring they have a complete and accurate record -
essential for any truly self-respecting cricket enthusiast.
The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, first published in 1979, is well
established as an invaluable and unique source of reference
essential to any cricket library. This new volume includes full
scorecards and match reports from 1977 to 2000. Originally edited
by Bill Frindall, this new volume brings collectors' libraries up
to date, ensuring they have a complete and accurate record -
essential for any truly self-respecting cricket enthusiast.
If someone were to say 'it's not tennis', or 'not football' of
shabby behaviour in any walk of life, he or she would not be
understood. If they said 'it's not cricket', they probably would be
(though less reliably than a century ago). Is there some special
spirit of cricket? The laws of cricket, like the laws of the land,
aim at a sort of justice or balancing between different factions.
The purpose behind cricket's laws, and behind changes in them, is
often to calibrate the balance in the game between batsmen and
bowlers, between attack and defence, between safety and risk.
Cricketing lawmakers are interested in the overall appeal of the
game to players and spectators alike. In Spirit of Cricket, Mike
Brearley alternates between issues and examples within the game -
from 'Mankading' and the 'Sandpaper' affair to sledging, mental
disintegration and racism - as well as broader issues such as the
spirit and letter of the law. Brearley examines the issue of how
far what purports to be justice (in law or in spirit) may or may
not be the expression of the powerful within the activity or within
society. He also contrasts cheating and corruption, and reflects on
the nature of penalties in regard to each. He discusses the
significance of the notion of the spirit of the game for umpires,
groundsmen, administrators, media and spectators - and, of course,
for players. Intelligent and insightful, Spirit of Cricket points
to qualities in cricket that enhance our development as people -
including a sense of fair play, the embracing of striving both for
our team and for ourselves and the important values of playfulness
in life and professional sport.
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