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Book Synopsis Australia: Story of a Cricket Country by : Chris Ryan
Download or read book Australia: Story of a Cricket Country written by Chris Ryan and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a comprehensive history, this ground-breaking volume is a colourful, insightful and affectionate portrait of Australian cricket. A selection of Australia’s best writers share their thoughts on different aspects of the game and its place in our national culture; from bowling, captaincy and scoring, to alcohol, media and literature.
Book Synopsis Australian Cricket Team in England in 1948 by :
Download or read book Australian Cricket Team in England in 1948 written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis For Cap and Country by : Jesse Hogan
Download or read book For Cap and Country written by Jesse Hogan and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal stories behind one of Australia's most beloved sporting icons - the baggy green. Australian Test players, past and present, open up about the road from their backyards to the baggy green. Breathe in the mowed grass and linseed oil as they take their first steps to glory. Share with them the euphoria of their cap presentations. Immerse yourself in the wonder of Test triumphs and the despair of being dropped form the team. In sharing the players' stories - and disclosing how treasured Australian caps are kept under lock and key, in dank cupboards and stuffed in undies drawers - Jesse Hogan takes you inside their lounge rooms as well as cricket's dressing rooms. Their stories contain salutary lessons for the game's future. As such, this is a conversation about Australian cricket as much as it is a chat with its best players. And at its heart is the unifying force of the cap, under which all players are equals, no matter if they've played 168 Tests like Steve Waugh, or one like Bryce McGain. What began as a passion project for sports journalist Jesse Hogan and cricket agent Simon Auteri in 2015 - to interview Australian cricketers, past and present, on the significance of gaining their Test spots - became a story about the spirit of cricket and its power to bring us together. Just two weeks before the first draft was completed, tragedy struck. At the age of 33, Jesse Hogan suffered a devastating stroke that left him unable to speak, write or even walk. Following intensive rehabilitation and with immense support, Jesse made it back and finished the book with the help of fellow journalist Andrew Faulkner. For Cap and Country and its publication is about the importance of generosity, sportsmanship, perseverance and community to help us achieve our goals in life as much as in sport. Now cricket tragics like Jesse can finally enjoy these stories too.
Download or read book Down Under written by Bill Bryson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring such dangers – and yet curiously obsessed by them – Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this...
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Australian Cricket Players by : Ken Piesse
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Australian Cricket Players written by Ken Piesse and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2012 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must for fans of Australian cricket a registry of every first class player Australian cricket has developed all together in one book. Every Test, one-day international, 20/20 and Sheffield Shield player dating back to 1888 is in this book, 3,500 names, essential statistics and biographies of the main players.
Book Synopsis The Ashes: Our Greatest Test by : Cricket Australia
Download or read book The Ashes: Our Greatest Test written by Cricket Australia and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable history of The Ashes in Australia from 1877 to 2017. The extraordinary illustrated history of the 175 Test matches played between Australia and England since the inaugural match at the MCG in 1877, with a focus on the most memorable moments, results, characters and controversies unique to Australia. The Best - Snapshots of the 10 leading runs scorers in Ashes Test in Australia (Hobbs, Bradman, Hammond, Hill, Gower, Cowdrey, G Chappell, S Waugh, Sutcliffe, Armstrong) and the 10 highest wicket-takers (Noble, Barnes, Trumble, Willis, Lillee, McGrath, Giffen, Botham, Warne, Turner) and what made them so special in Australia. The Traditions - Short essay on what makes each Ashes venue in Australia unique, with reference to a Test moment that is most readily identified with each ground. The Local Heroes - Vignettes on the most celebrated individual performances by Australia players in Ashes Tests at home. The Visiting Conquerors - Some of the enduring efforts of England players in the antipodes. Highlights, Lowlights and Limelight - A collection of moments that stand-out for varying reasons. Milestones - A collection of memorable moments that ensured names are enshrined in Ashes folklore.
Book Synopsis Greg Chappell: Not Out by : Greg Chappell
Download or read book Greg Chappell: Not Out written by Greg Chappell and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Chappell: Not Out brings his many years of experience to the fore to discuss Australia's favourite sport from all angles, including scandals, mental skills, and the future of the game. Greg Chappell's retirement as a cricketer was the conventional end of a great sporting career. But it was only the start of an equally lively journey. An original thinker and a peerless judge of talent, Chappell commands respect and is widely sought after for his views on all things cricket. He has seldom been away from the thick of it. Here, he tells all. Forty years since the underarm, Chappell takes us inside the secretive world of selection. He tells the story of Twenty20's forerunner Super 8s, and reveals his insights from an eventful stint as coach of India. He speaks frankly on a decade at Cricket Australia, including warning signs he saw ahead of the Newlands scandal, and calls for greater focus on the game's mental skills. Chappell also unveils a blueprint for the future of Australian cricket. He argues forcefully that the game has drifted too far from the type of lean, hungry system that helped to take the national team to the top. Greg Chappell: Not Out is a uniquely insightful and entertaining look at cricket, and a must-read for all fans of the sport.
Book Synopsis 50 Greatest Australian Cricketers by : Dan Liebke
Download or read book 50 Greatest Australian Cricketers written by Dan Liebke and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them by virtue of their skills with ball and bat. This book is about the latter. Australia's favourite sport has a proud history of turning nobodies into somebodies and ordinary men and women into heroes of international renown. From the black-and-white belligerence of Ian Chappell to the colourful celebrity of Shane Warne, the diplomacy of Adam Gilchrist to the ruthlessness of Meg Lanning, the pantheon of Australia's greatest cricketers is as mottled as the crowds that cheer them on. But who is the greatest of them all? In The 50 Greatest Australian Cricketers, sports journalist and comedy writer Dan Liebke relives the careers, characteristics and enduring legacies of the finest Australian cricket players of the past 50 years.
Book Synopsis 50 Great Moments in Australian Cricket by : Dan Liebke
Download or read book 50 Great Moments in Australian Cricket written by Dan Liebke and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're the moments that make up Australian sporting folklore, the iconic events that stand out in Australia's collective sporting memory long after the match details have become a blur. Remember Shane Warne's ball of the century? Or Steve Waugh's century off the last ball? Where were you when John Dyson took his outfield catch? Or Ellyse Perry celebrated an Ashes double century - twice? How about Adam Gilchrist walking in a World Cup semi-final? Or Dennis Lillee kicking Javed Miandad? Steve Harmison's wide? Peter Siddle's birthday hat trick? Underarm?
Book Synopsis The 1935 Australian Cricket Tour of India by : Megan Ponsford
Download or read book The 1935 Australian Cricket Tour of India written by Megan Ponsford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Australian cricket tour to India possesses an inherent intrigue that, for inexplicable reasons, has fallen into obscurity. Megan Ponsford rectifies this through her investigation of the uneasy relationships between Australia, British India and Indian nationalism during the interwar period, using the 1935/36 tour as a case study. The unique liaison between the entrepreneurial tour manager Frank Tarrant and the Maharaja of Patiala, who financed the exercise, led the way. From the palaces of the Raj to the foothills of the Himalayas, the evolving racial consciousness of the ragtag team of Australia cricketers defines the tour. The cricket establishment was also challenged as the tour defied the amateur game with participation encouraged by the Maharaja’s deep pockets. Employing a unique methodology, this book interprets the material culture located in the archives of the Australian and Indian cricketers. In the absence of first-hand accounts, these artefacts enable insight into the forgotten and overlooked sportspeople who are finally given the voice and acknowledgement they deserve. It is a brilliant new contribution to the study of both cricket and history, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of History, Politics, Sports, Sociology, and Cultural Studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Book Synopsis Sports around the World [4 volumes] by : John Nauright
Download or read book Sports around the World [4 volumes] written by John Nauright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 2056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.
Book Synopsis A Guide to Crickets of Australia by : David Rentz
Download or read book A Guide to Crickets of Australia written by David Rentz and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia’s remarkable cricket biodiversity. Crickets are notable for a variety of reasons. When their population booms, some of these species become agricultural pests and destroy crop pastures. Some introduced species are of biosecurity concern. Other crickets are important food sources for native birds, reptiles and mammals, as well as domestic pets. Soon you might even put them in your cake or stir-fry, as there is a rapidly growing industry for cricket products for human consumption. Featuring keys, distribution maps, illustrations and detailed colour photographs from CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection, A Guide to Crickets of Australia allows readers to reliably identify all 92 described genera and many species from the Grylloidea (true crickets) and Gryllotalpoidea (mole crickets and ant crickets) superfamilies. Not included are the Raspy Crickets (Gryllacrididae), King Crickets (Anostostomatidae) or the so-called ‘Pygmy Mole Crickets’ (Caelifera), which despite their common names are not related to true crickets. Natural history enthusiasts and professionals will find this an essential guide.
Book Synopsis The Complete Illustrated History of Australian Cricket by : Jack Pollard
Download or read book The Complete Illustrated History of Australian Cricket written by Jack Pollard and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated second edition of an illustrated history of Australian cricket, originally published in 1992. Includes scorecards of all Tests played from 1877 to 1995. Includes index. The author is a sports journalist who has produced more than 70 books on sporting topics.
Book Synopsis The Ashes: It's All About the Urn by : Graeme Swann
Download or read book The Ashes: It's All About the Urn written by Graeme Swann and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards Graeme Swann leads us on a compelling adventure through one of world sport's most engrossing rivalries. He knows as much as anybody about the heat of England v Australia battles, having played in three series wins and also the whitewash defeat of 2013-14 when its intensity ended his international career. However, it brought out some of his best displays in Test cricket. But he is just one of dozens of colourful characters to have added their chapters to this great tome. The mock obituary of English cricket in the Sporting Times of 1882 was the forerunner of summers and winters of heaven and hell, depending on which side of the divide you were situated. When it comes to on-field relations nothing quite compares to the over-my-dead-body feel of the Ashes. From Grace to Sir Don, the most graceful of them all. From the foulest play to the fairest - contrast the 1932-33 Bodyline series affair to the image of Andrew Flintoff hunched over a distraught Brett Lee in 2005. From Ray Illingworth's famous walk-off in the Seventies, when an England team-mate was assaulted by a spectator, to Steve Waugh's hugely emotional lap of honour when he retired a quarter of a century later. Swann's book will reveal the magic of a series that first gripped him in his front room in Northampton as an aspiring spin bowler in the mid-1980s.
Book Synopsis Australia, You Little* Beauty by : Justin Langer
Download or read book Australia, You Little* Beauty written by Justin Langer and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justin Langer, one of Australia's highest ever run scorers, looks back at his life in cricket - on the mateship, change room antics and onfield triumphs which made up his 105-Test innings as a member of one of the game's greatest teams.
Download or read book No Spin written by Shane Warne and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden's five cricketers of the twentieth century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold. In No Spin, Shane sets the record straight. From his extraordinary family history to his childhood as a budding Aussie Rules footballer in suburban Melbourne. From the legendary 'Gatting ball' to his history-making 700th Test wicket. From the controversy surrounding the diuretic pill in South Africa to his high-profile relationship with Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley. Nothing is off limits, and Shane tackles it all with his trademark directness and humour. These days an incisive, charismatic TV commentator and analyst, the 'Sultan of Spin' also lets us in on the mysterious art of leg-spin bowling, revealing the secrets of some of his deadliest deliveries. As Shane says, 'Few batsmen, if any, truly know what I do.' A sporting great, a celebrity, a family man and a self-confessed regular Aussie bloke from the suburbs, in No SpinShane offers a compelling insight into how a boy from Black Rock changed the face of cricket forever.
Download or read book On Top Down Under written by Ray Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work chronicles in detail the careers and lives of the men who have led Australia in Test match cricket since 1877. This new version has been fully updated by Gideon Haigh and includes all 39 captains from Dave Gregory to Mark Taylor. Includes several photographs and diagrams, a foreword by Ian Chappel, a table of captains and an index. The authors have both written several cricket books, including Gideon Haigh's 'The Cricket War' and Ray Robinson's 'Between Wickets'.
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