{"product_id":"caught-yapping-a-history-of-cricket-in-100-quotes-9780143463405","title":"Caught Yapping: A History of Cricket in 100 Quotes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Abhishek Mukherjee\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I do not want to see you, Mr. Warner. There are two teams out there; one is trying to play cricket; and the other is not.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Thank you for making my tournament a success.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Girls don't play cricket.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bodyline, World Series Cricket and IPL--all seminal events in the game's history and succinctly captured in the quotes above by Bill Woodfull, Kerry Packer and Lalit Modi, respectively. And a casual comment made by a policeman to Rachael Heyhoe, which spurred her on to become a cricketer and eventually organize the World Cup, \u003ci\u003etwo years before the men's!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaught Yapping \u003c\/i\u003etakes a never trodden before route to narrate the history of cricket, using the medium of quotes to do the talking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why quotes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cricket has inspired considerable literature and continues to do so. Then there are words the people of cricket have spoken on the field, in press conferences, in commentary boxes and elsewhere. These are tales that scorecards do not tell, stories of heroes and villains, rises and falls, temptations and resistance, inclusions and exclusions. This book chronicles the history of cricket, and history means little without the people. And what better way to tell the story of the people than in their own words? ","brand":"PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46296446238871,"sku":"9780143463405","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143463405.webp?v=1769304763","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/caught-yapping-a-history-of-cricket-in-100-quotes-9780143463405","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}