Rudyard Kipling called cricketers 'flannelled fools'. Groucho Marx asked halfway through a cricket match when it would start, and Alfred Hitchcock put two cricket fans into a thriller as comic relief.Yet despite its notoriously slow pace, strange language, eccentric umpires and frequent scandals - or perhaps because of them - cricket is one of the world's most passionately followed sports."How to Catch a Cricket Match" is a funny, enlightening, and insightful volume in which lifelong cricket fan Harry Ricketts takes us on a tour of everything that makes cricket such a passion for millions of people across the globe. About the Author Harry Ricketts is a writer, poet, university lecturer, theatre critic, and above all else, an avid cricket fan. From The Publisher: "How do you deliver a "googly" or make chin music? What are a beamer, a flipper, a corker, and a jaffa? What do a bunny, a cherry, a dolly and a royal golden duck have to do with sports?" Readers will discover the answers to these questions and learn much more about the noble sport of cricket in this entertaining and enlightening book. Written by a passionate player and cricket-watcher, the book traces the sport from the author's cricketing childhood in England to a seat on the bank at the 2006 match between the Black Caps and the Windies at the Basin Reserve. |
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