Cricket

This is the first book exploring the concept of home advantage (HA), the well-known beneficial effect that players and teams derive from performing at home in all sports throughout …

Positive Pedagogy is an athlete-centred, inquiry-based approach that transforms the way we understand learning and coaching in sport and can be successfully employed across a range …

This book examines the ways in which cricket has reflected and reproduced some of the social and political tensions of the twenty-first century.Cricket's struggle for global …

Written from the unique point of view of the club chairman, A Year in the Life of Somerset County Cricket Club is the story of the highs and lows of county cricket. Somerset County …

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005. It considers the deep roots …

Sport can be a vehicle for the expression of identity, and also a factor in the shaping of identity. This book explores the complex interrelationships between nations, regions and …

The name of Hedley Verity, the master bowler of unyielding menace, is one to be cherished more than 50 years after his death. Allan Hill tells the story of a magnificent sporting …

Fast and furious cricket action featuring Australian T20 star Glenn Maxwell!Lucky BreakWill Albright is a batting whiz and captain of his local cricket team. But when he is …

Alan Ross (1922-2001) - distinguished poet, travel writer, and editor of London Magazine - also managed to excel in the role of cricket correspondent for the Observer, in which …

Winning takes many forms. For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a great sports book about leadership, judgement and decision-making - rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead …