Cricket Explained

<p><b>Discover cricket in this updated edition of <i>Cricket Explained</i>: your guide to understanding one of the world's most strategic and eccentric sports.</b><br><br>This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, from the singular voice of Rob Eastaway, a true aficionado of the sport. Told through engaging anecdotes and Eastaway's unmatched humor, this updated classic grabs you by the hand and takes you along for a comprehensive tour of cricket. Here, you will gain a range of knowledge from the game's fundamentals-basic laws, terminology, equipment-to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. <br><br>To keep things accessible, this book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and lighthearted, explanatory illustrations by British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off", or a leg break from a googly, you'll come away from <i>Cricket Explained </i>with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity.<br><br>Among the topics covered in <i>Cricket Explained</i>'s concise, user-friendly entries are:<br><br>-Cricket's history<br>-Twenty20 and other forms of cricket<br>-Making sense of the action on the field<br>-Batters and the batting order<br>-Bowlers and their individual styles<br>-Fielders and fielding positions<br>-Tactics<br>-Scoring and statistics<br>-How, like chess, a game can be won or sometimes drawn</p>