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FINAL INNINGS

Author : Sunil Gupta
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1636069223
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book FINAL INNINGS written by Sunil Gupta and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final Innings is the story of five tumultuous years in the life of a successful and internationally admired Indian cricketer, Ramdas Upreti. It explores the depths of human desire and disillusionment, hope and regret, love and longing, and deep passions. Above all it is a story of extraordinary courage in the teeth of danger and adversity. A combination of extraordinary circumstances and coincidences on and off the cricket field conspire to rekindle Ramdas’ obsessions with contemporary global and subcontinental gridlocks. Three complex relationships add their own piquancy: with Anne, his ex-girlfriend, with Pakistani nurse Nargis, and the bond he develops with Nargis’ father, the Pakistani umpire Khalid Azam. Events now begin to overtake him, and his life slowly begins to unravel. These multiple strands eventually converge to create a stirring and memorable crescendo. Final Innings brings to life our world: the reality that subcontinental teams tend to struggle in the SENA countries, the fraught India-Pakistan relationship, the powder keg called Kashmir, terrorism, climate change and the environment. The plot unfolds over four ‘Innings’ like the build-up to the climax of a cliff-hanger Test Match. The action swings across India, Australia, England, Pakistan and the UAE. ‘Final Innings’ is a voyage deep into dark, choppy and uncharted waters. It is not about about the T-20 leagues, nor about corruption and match-fixing. It is a thought-provoking and deeply moving human story which happens to be set in the world of cricket.

The Last Nine Innings

Author : Charles Euchner
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402248806
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Last Nine Innings written by Charles Euchner and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Last Nine Innings is the last word on the inside of baseball. It's full of wonderful revelations and perceptions that help us understand the game in ways that we might never have imagined. Charlie Euchner has done a marvelous job in getting players to talk, simply, about how they play, and we're the wiser for it." —Frank Deford "Charlie takes an unorthodox approach to an emotional week and succeeds at finding the heart of both the tension of the World Series and the technical foundations of the baseball profession. This is a different book, in a very good way." —Howard Bryant, the Washington Post, and author of Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball "The lengthy description of game 7 makes for dramatic reading, and the interviews with key players from that game add a human dimension." —Booklist "I enjoyed Charles's book. It's an interesting read, rich in thought-provoking detail and context, in the manner of Malcolm Gladwell. He deftly pulls off a difficult double play: educating the serious fan while entertaining the casual one." —Tom Verducci, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated "The Last Nine Innings is entertaining, engaging and enlightening. You'll never watch a baseball game the same way." —Andrew Zimbalist, author of Baseball and Billions: A Probing Look Inside the Big Business of Our National Pastime and Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College "Memo to ESPN analysts, FOX color announcers and daily baseball scribes: stop telling us about who had a haircut, who didn't have a haircut and who collects stamps. Rip out the red thread on the baseball, peel back the cowhide and talk about all the stuff that's wound up inside the game. That's what Charles Euchner does in The Last Nine Innings and it's fascinating." —Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams, Biography of an American Hero and Why Not Us?: The 86-Year Journey of the Boston Red Sox Fans from Unparalleled Suffering to the Promised Land of the 2004 World Series The Great American Pastime has changed. For the first time in the history of the game, the three major forces that drive the evolution of modern pro baseball-The Triple Revolution-is revealed: The Triple Revolution: (1) Globalization of Recruiting and Business (2) Scientific Analysis & Reduction of Physical Baseball Movements (3) Evolution Effect of Modernized Stat-Crunching Charles Euchner uses a dramatic moment-by-moment narrative of the seventh game of the 2001 World Series between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks to display the Triple Revolution; and to reveal the hidden dimensions of the "game within the game": From pitching motions to batting styles, from fielding and base-running, to training and strategy. Euchner uses extensive interviews with all the players from this modern classic to produce a comprehensive view of the game that will fascinate casual fans, and stimulate baseball experts. The insider narrative includes Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Tino Martinez, Luis Gonzalez and Curt Schilling, along with the game's coaches, managers, support staff, even medical researchers and top game stats experts. Among the questions answered: What is the ideal pitching motion? How can we judge defensive performance? What makes managers succeed and fail? What changes the odds over the course of the game? And much more. Whether a recreational fans, or serious student of the game, The Last Nine Innings enlightens; as baseball author Andrew Zimbalist writes, "You'll never watch a baseball game the same way."

Battle Innings

Author : Philip V. Stephens
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453573097
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Battle Innings written by Philip V. Stephens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the future the outcome of baseball games means everything... Mysterious aliens have visited human worlds and now they too request to play. The rules have changed, the stakes have increased. Americans have but one last hope to save their country from falling.

The Last Everyday Hero

Author : Richard Boock
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1877460567
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book The Last Everyday Hero written by Richard Boock and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical book about Bert Sutcliffe, the magical batsman who put New Zealand cricket on the map. This book is a tale of two men: one who became the first hero of New Zealand cricket, and one whose lifelong dream was to write his biography. Bert Sutcliffe, a stout-hearted giant of the post-war cricketing world, never did get to see his long-awaited story hit the press. He died in 2001 aged 77, leaving behind a trail of re-written record books. And what records those were: whether it's the stories about Sutcliffe's brace of centuries for Otago against the MCC in 1947, about his two triple centuries in the Plunket Shield, his heart-wrenching partnership with Blair at Johannesburg, or his heroics at Kolkata during his comeback tour, there were no shortage of highlights. It's not hard to understand Rod Nye's desire to write Sutcliffe's biography. Quite apart from the sheer enormity of Sutcliffe's influence on New Zealand cricket and his massive popularity as a player, a full biography of his life and career had been long overdue. Tragically, Nye, who had been nearing the completion of his life's mission, died in 2004, leaving behind a treasure trove of research on the remarkable batsman, much of it never before heard. In The Last Everyday Hero, highly regarded cricketing writer and commentator Richard Boock joins the talents of these two men and completes the story. Many of those who have contributed to this book have also since departed; it is New Zealand cricket's field of dreams.

Lost?

Author : Anthony Carragher
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788036018
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Lost? written by Anthony Carragher and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Liverpool F.C. reach their 125th anniversary, amidst the celebrations, doubts persist. Are they still elite? Can their prolonged title drought be ended? Foreign owners say they came to win but the trophy cabinet lies bare. Where to next for the reds? Lost? explores the gloried past, the moneyed present and the uncertain future of both Liverpool F.C. and the English game at large. Have they lost their way? Liverpool F.C.’s most famous manager, Bill Shankly, declared that the club ‘exists to win trophies’ and for many years this maxim proved true, as Liverpool became one of the most successful clubs in European football and dominated the scene in England for over two decades. Yet recently, the victories have dried up and Liverpool have not won the league title in over a quarter of a century. Football is also in a state of flux as major TV deals have made the Premier league the wealthiest in the world, but the gap between the elite clubs and those striving to catch up widens. Has the game lost it’s soul? Who will rise and who will fall as a new uncharted era in football unfolds? Lost? captures exclusive interviews with key figures including former Liverpool managers, Brendan Rogers and Roy Evans, the Shankly family and a whole host of footballing legends, past and present. The book also includes reflective pieces on an array of Premier League clubs from both a sporting and cultural perspective, looking not just at the team in isolations, but also at the communities and landscapes that shape them

Railwayan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Railwayan written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Book of Seconds

Author : Mark Mason
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474608493
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Seconds written by Mark Mason and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Seconds reveals the exciting, intriguing and heroic runners-up who until now have been kept in the shadow of the firsts. Did you know that the winner of the second Tour de France rode 25 miles on two flat tyres? Or that the second crew to land on the Moon danced to a pop song in zero gravity? Step forward all the nearly-men and nearly-women, the nearly skyscrapers, nearly-LPs and nearly deserts. Your time in the spotlight has come at last.

The World Almanac and Encyclopedia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The World Almanac and Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Harry the K

Author : Randy Miller
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762440341
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Harry the K written by Randy Miller and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Philadelphia Phillies fans, he was the soundtrack of summer. To millions of football fans across America, he was the "Voice of the NFL." And as open and giving as Harry Kalas was throughout his professional and personal life, there are countless layers of the man that have remained unknown . . . until now. Author Randy Miller interviewed more than 160 people -- including all of Harry's surviving family, many of his close friends from childhood to present, numerous colleagues from baseball and the NFL, and even Harry's longtime personal psychologist -- to craft a loving and shockingly honest portrayal of one of the most celebrated broadcasters in the history of sports. With incredible details from all phases of his life -- from his upbringing in the Chicago suburbs, to his Hall of Fame broadcasting career in baseball, to his ubiquitous voiceover work with the NFL, to his personal vices for drinking and women, to his legendary friendship with Richie "Whitey" Ashburn, to his ongoing feud with on-air partner Chris Wheeler -- Harry the K: The Remarkable Life of Harry Kalas will surprise, delight, and enlighten all fans of the man they called "Harry the K."

Anthology of Statistics in Sports

Author : Jim Albert
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 9780898718386
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Anthology of Statistics in Sports written by Jim Albert and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unlikely worlds of sports fans and statisticians collide in this interesting and accessible collection of previously published articles on the use of statistics to analyze sports, which the editors have thoughtfully culled from a variety of American Statistical Association (ASA) publications. Heavily weighted in the areas of competition (rating players and teams, evaluating strategies for victory), the articles vary in mathematical complexity, but most will be accessible to readers with a general knowledge of statistics. Newly written material from the editors and other notable contributors introduces each section of the book, and a chapter with suggestions on using the articles in the classroom is included. Organized by sport to make it easy for readers to find the papers in their particular areas of interest, Anthology of Statistics in Sports contains separate sections devoted to the major North American team sports of baseball, football, basketball, and ice hockey. Two additional sections cover miscellaneous sports and more general issues related to sports and statistics. This book grew from the efforts of members of the ASA Section on Statistics in Sports, which is dedicated to promoting high professional standards in the application of statistics to sports and fostering statistical education in sports.

Perspectives on Game-Based Coaching

Author : Shane Pill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000215423
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Game-Based Coaching written by Shane Pill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new perspectives on game-based coaching (GBC), one of the most important practices for session design and instructional delivery in sport coaching. GBC emphasises the sport coach as educator and the development of ‘thinking players’, and this book demonstrates what that means in practice. It brings together leading and innovative thinkers and practitioners in coaching pedagogy, and aims to stimulate reflection by the reader on their own coaching practice. Reviewing recent theoretical developments and current research in GBC, the book provides in-depth examples on how research can be applied in practice, including the use of digital video games, immersive scenario-based coaching narratives, and the Game Sense approach as ‘play with purpose’. Representing the most up-to-date and engaging introduction to the theory and practice of GBC, this book is invaluable reading for all students of physical education and sport coaching, as well as practising coaches and coach educators.

Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes

Author : Tresham Gilbey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes written by Tresham Gilbey and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE ROVER BOYS Boxed Set: 26 Illustrated Adventure Novels

Author : Edward Stratemeyer
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026898885
Total Pages : 4996 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book THE ROVER BOYS Boxed Set: 26 Illustrated Adventure Novels written by Edward Stratemeyer and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 4996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans is a popular juvenile series that retails adventures of brothers Tom, Sam, and Dick Rover. The Rovers are students at a military boarding school: adventurous, prank-playing, flirtatious, and often unchaperoned adolescents who were frequently causing mischief for authorities as well as criminals. _x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ The Rover Boys at School, or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall_x000D_ The Rover Boys on the Ocean, or, A Chase for a Fortune_x000D_ The Rover Boys in the Jungle, or, Stirring Adventures in Africa_x000D_ The Rover Boys Out West, or, The Search for a Lost Mine_x000D_ The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes, or, The Secret of the Island Cave_x000D_ The Rover Boys in the Mountains, or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune_x000D_ The Rover Boys on Land and Sea, or, The Crusoes of Seven Islands_x000D_ The Rover Boys in Camp, or, The Rivals of Pine Island_x000D_ The Rover Boys on the River, or, The Search for the Missing Houseboat_x000D_ The Rover Boys on the Plains, or, The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch_x000D_ The Rover Boys in Southern Waters, or, The Deserted Steam Yacht_x000D_ The Rover Boys on the Farm, or, Last Days at Putnam Hall_x000D_ The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle, or, The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht_x000D_ The Rover Boys at College, or, The Right Roads and the Wrong_x000D_ The Rover Boys Down East, or, The Struggle for the Stanhope Fortune_x000D_ The Rover Boys in the Air, or, From College Campus to the Clouds_x000D_ The Rover Boys in New York, or, Saving their Father's Honor_x000D_ The Rover Boys in Alaska, or, Lost in the Fields of Ice_x000D_ The Rover Boys in Business, or, The Case of the Missing Bonds_x000D_ The Rover Boys on a Tour, or, Last Days at Brill College_x000D_ The Rover Boys at Colby Hall, or, The Struggles of the Young Cadets_x000D_ The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island, or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box_x000D_ The Rover Boys Under Canvas, or, The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine_x000D_ The Rover Boys on a Hunt, or, The Mysterious House in the Woods_x000D_ The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck, or, Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields_x000D_ The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch, or, The Cowboys' Big Roundup

Blood and Iron

Author : Hugh Montagu Butterworth
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 184884297X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Blood and Iron written by Hugh Montagu Butterworth and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been forgotten. But after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history. In civilian life Butterworth was a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a highly educated, sensitive and perceptive individual confronted by the horrors of modern warfare. He was killed on the Bellewaarde ridge near Ypres on 25 September 1915, and his last letter was written on the eve of the action in which he died. REVIEWS Jon Cooksey has produced a splendid work and produced a detailed account of the build up to the attack, the assault itself and the aftermath. The Long, Long Trail 7/2015

The Oxford Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Test Match Special

Author : Jonathan Agnew
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147353318X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Test Match Special written by Jonathan Agnew and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who played the best pranks on his fellow team-mates? Which member of the TMS team terrorised his teachers in the annual staff-pupil game? And the truth behind 'the greatest sporting commentary of all time'... Between them, Jonathan Agnew and Phil Tufnell have probably watched more cricket than anyone alive, and they have many stories to tell, both as players and as commentators for Test Match Special. From their days as schoolboy cricketers, learning the ropes, to the shenanigans of the county circuit, and now their careers as commentators, they have seen it all. Joined by colleagues from TMS such as Isa Guha, Ebony Rainford Brent, Alison Mitchell, Carlos Brathwaite and Aatif Nawaz, Aggers and Tuffers share the highlights, mishaps and moments of brilliance and emotion that they have witnessed and experienced on pitches around the world.

Wisden India Almanack 2018

Author : Suresh Menon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 938643279X
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Wisden India Almanack 2018 written by Suresh Menon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisden India Almanack, now in it's sixth edition pays homage to India's women cricketers, who over the past couple of years have been among the most talked-about, the most keenly followed and the most vociferously encouraged in the country. Starting with Menon and including Karunya Keshav, Sharda Ugra, Lawrence Booth, Aakash Chopra, Amrit Mathur, Simon Barnes, Ian Chappell, Shehan Karunatilaka, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna, Samanth Subramanian and many more, the discerning reader has plenty to read and savour over 800 pages.