It's Not Cricket: Skullduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game - Tapa dura

Rae, Simon

 
9780571201815: It's Not Cricket: Skullduggery, Sharp Practice and Downright Cheating in the Noble Game
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ISBN 10: 0571201814 ISBN 13: 9780571201815
Editorial: Faber & Faber, 2001

Sinopsis

An eye-opening survey of cricket, from the crowd violence and blatant match-rigging of the eighteenth century, down to the twentieth century's glaring abuses of the spirit of the game. Written in the same lively style that won such praise for his W. G. Grace: A Life ('the best biography of W. G. ever produced,' Christopher Martin-Jenkins), Simon Rae's history of cheating will appeal to the cricket fan and general reader alike. Ranging from Thomas White, who notoriously arrived at the crease with a bat the size of the wicket, on through 'Bodyline' and throwing, sledging, umpire baiting, and the recent disgrace of Hansie Cronje, It's Not Cricket makes us ask whether cricket really ever was the yardstick of all that is true, honest, pure and of good repute.

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Acerca del autor

Simon Rae is the author of two collections of poetry, Soft Targets and Rapid Response, and has edited a number of anthologies, including The Faber Book of Murder and The Faber Book of Christmas. He is the author of W. G. Grace: A Life, and is a Life Member of Kent County Cricket Club.

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Editorial
Faber & Faber
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0571201814
ISBN 13 
9780571201815
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
312
Contacto del fabricante
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Editorial: Faber & Faber, 2002
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