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Hitting Against the Spin - How Cricket Really Works (Paperback)
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Hitting Against the Spin - How Cricket Really Works (Paperback)
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List price R305
Loot Price R244
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You Save R61 (20%)
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'Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the
inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any
cricketer, coach or fan' Eoin Morgan 'This path-breaking book
should be compulsory reading for commentators and captains - and
all cricket fans' Mervyn King 'Clever and original but also wise'
Ed Smith How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains
use it to their advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why don't
Indians bat left-handed? What is a good length and why? Why are
leg-spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why did England win the
World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or 85mph? Why
don't they pitch it up? All cricketers long to know the answer to
these questions and many more. Only fifteen years ago it would have
been difficult to answer them - cricket was guided only by
decades-old tradition and received wisdom. Data has changed
everything. Today we can track every ball to within millimetres;
its release point, speed and bounce point are measured as are how
much the ball swings, how much it deviates off the pitch, the exact
height and line that it passes the stumps, and multiple other
variables. Hitting Against the Spin is the story of that data, and
what it can tell us about how cricket really works. Leading cricket
thinkers Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones lift the lid on international
cricket and explain its hidden workings and dynamics - the forces
that shape cricket and, in turn, the cricketers who play it. They
analyse the unseen hands that determine which players succeed and
which fail, which tactics work and which don't, which teams win and
which lose. They also explore the new world of franchise cricket as
well as the rapid evolution of the T20 format. Revolutionary in its
insights, Hitting Against the Spin takes you on a fascinating
whistle-stop tour of modern cricket and sports analytics, bringing
cricket firmly into the twenty-first century by revealing its
long-kept secrets. This is the most important cricket book in
decades.
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