Hitting Against the Spin by Nathan Leamon

Hitting Against the Spin by Nathan Leamon

Hitting Against the Spin is Freakonomics for cricket.

"He held degrees in both English and Economics, and the ability to to articulate the world of one, with the words of the other" The writer here is Nathan Leamon and the subject is baseball pioneer Bill James. But Leamon (both a novelist and a data analyst) could just as easily be writing about himself. Leamon has a rare kind of high intelligence: he is open to all kinds of knowledge, not just scientific knowledge, and he understands which method is appropriate in which circumstance. Put differently, he is not only clever and original, but also wise * Ed Smith, National Selector for England cricket & author of What Sport Tells Us About Life *
Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any cricketer, coach or fan * Eoin Morgan *
Sport has been revolutionized by data. In their path-breaking book, Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones use data to show that many of our preconceptions are false and reveal astonishing new insights into international cricket. Compulsory reading for fans, commentators, captains and players * Mervyn King *

Deeply thoughtful, clever and open-minded . . . One way of viewing this book is as cricket's A Brief History of Time, a layman's guide to deep complexity, an act of communication as much as one of science. On that level it works beautifully
well, engaging with concepts in attention-grabbing ways

-- Jon Hotten * Wisden Cricket Monthly *
Fascinating -- Steve James * The Times *

Nathan Leamon has a decade of experience working in elite sport. He is currently the Lead Analyst with the England One-Day and T20 teams, and Strategy Consultant for the Kolkata Knight Riders. His first book The Test was long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. When not on the road he lives in Berkshire with his wife and two daughters.

Ben Jones is an analyst at CricViz, the world's leading cricket analytics provider. He read English Literature at Cambridge and now lives in Oxford. He has written for, amongst others, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Hindustan Times and Daily Telegraph.

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ISBN 13	9781472131263
ISBN 10	1472131266
Title	Hitting Against the Spin
Author	Nathan Leamon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2022-04-21
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Short-listed for Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2022 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.