The art of batting : the craft of cricket's greatest run scorers
Kimber, Jarrod2025
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Colourful cricket history meets expert analysis in this exploration of the art of batting. Most batters are trying to do their best, yet the top players are creating 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 predict where it will go. They can see into the future. This book is about the batters who see what mortals don't. Javed Miandad purposefully made errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was peppered by tennis balls on the beach until he created his bastardised technique and Joe Root's great play against spin is 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.
Main title:
The art of batting : the craft of cricket's greatest run scorers / Jarrod Kimber.
Author:
Kimber, Jarrod, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Sport, 2025.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399416542 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.35826
LC class:
GV927.5.B37
Local class:
796.358
Language:
English
BRN:
4176435