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<p>Once the preserve of the English, now, for nations the world over, summertime means cricket bats to be oiled, rain forecasts analysed and tea in the pavilion.<br><br>Cricket has enthralled us since the seventeenth century. But what is it about the game that provokes such fervour?<br><br>Award-winning sports author Gavin Mortimer calls together a cast of salt-of-the-earth Yorkshiremen, American billionaires and dashing Indian princes to tell the strange and remarkable tale of cricket's journey from medieval village sport of 'club-ball' to the global media circus graced by superstars from Denis Compton to Sachin Tendulkar. <br><br>If you've ever wanted to know what a hoop skirt has to do with overarm bowling, why England fight Australia over a burnt bail, or how to avoid tickling a jaffa in the corridor of uncertainty, Mortimer chalks up a stunning century of tales in the first truly accessible global history of cricket.</p>

Author

Mortimer, Gavin, author

Publisher

TBS/GBS/Transworld

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847659590

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24