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The Art of Batting: Decoding the Craft of Cricket's Greatest Run Scorers

by Jarrod Kimber
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781399416542
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Sport
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  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: USD 24.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 454 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Cricket, History, and Sports

'Kimber is a 22nd-century cricket writer' - The Guardian

Colourful cricket history meets expert analysis in this richly researched exploration of the art of batting.

Most batters just do their best, yet the top players create art. It is physically impossible to face an 80mph delivery and track it with your eyes, yet the greatest batters do more than just watch the ball, they can see into the future.

This book is about the batters who see what mortals don't. Javed Miandad purposefully makes errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul practised non-stop on a beach with tennis balls until he mastered technique and Joe Root's great play against spin is known to be a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket.

Their methods and stories are different, but their currency is the same: runs. Through interviews with cricketing greats such as David 'Bumble' Lloyd, Nasser Hussain, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara, this book shows you the science, skill and culture that made the 50 greatest batters of all time - and, ultimately, how they conquered leather with willow.

Kimber, Jarrod: - Jarrod Kimber is an Australian-born cricket writer based in London who came to prominence as the founder of the cricketwithballs blog before working as editor of SPIN Magazine and then as a writer for ESPNCricinfo. Jarrod is a three-time British Sports Journalism winner and has been a regular guest on Test Match Sofa.

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