And God Created Cricket by Simon Hughes
Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses. It has also produced its fair share of eccentrics, heroes and downright villains. The last hundred years have seen cricket's popularity spread throughout the world, limited overs and most recently Twenty20 contests start to rival Test matches, and assiduously-kept records be made and broken, but England has always remained at the heart of the game, whatever the Indian Premier League may think. And throughout its 500-year history, cricket has also been a mirror for society as a whole, reflecting the changes that have brought us from the quintessential village green to Freddie Flintoff's pedalo, from W G Grace to Monty Panesar. William Hill Award-winning writer Simon Hughes, no mean player himself, ha
Simon Hughes won eight titles with Middlesex, including four county cricket championships, between 1980 and 1991 before finishing his playing career at Durham. He started writing for the Independent while still playing, and has written for the Daily Telegraph and broadcasted for the BBC since his retirement in 1994. He is known to millions of cricket fans as The Analyst for his role in Channel 4's cricket coverage, and is now part of Five's cricket commentary team as well as commentating for BBC radio. He is the author of five previous books including A Lot of Hard Yakka, winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 1997.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385617185 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385617186 |
| Title | And God Created Cricket |
| Author | Simon Hughes |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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