Jarrod Kimber

The Art of Batting (MP3-Download)

The Craft of Cricket's Greatest Run Scorers Ungekürzte Lesung. 480 Min.

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Produktbeschreibung

'Kimber is a 22nd-century cricket writer' – The Guardian Colourful cricket history meets expert analysis in this richly researched exploration of the art of batting. Most batters just do their best, yet the top players create art. It is physically impossible to face an 80mph delivery and track it with your eyes, yet the greatest batters do more than just watch the ball, they can see into the future. This book is about the batters who see what mortals don't. Javed Miandad purposefully makes errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul practised non-stop on a beach with tennis balls until he mastered technique and Joe Root's great play against spin is known to be a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket. Their methods and stories are different, but their currency is the same: runs. Through interviews with cricketing greats such as David 'Bumble' Lloyd, Nasser Hussain, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara, this book shows you the science, skill and culture that made the 50 greatest batters of all time – and, ultimately, how they conquered leather with willow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sport
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781399416511
• Artikelnr.: 71869973

Autorenporträt

Jarrod Kimber is an Australian-born cricket writer based in London who came to prominence as the founder of the cricketwithballs blog before working as editor of SPIN Magazine and then as a writer for ESPNCricinfo. Jarrod is a three-time British Sports Journalism winner and has been a regular guest on Test Match Sofa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Evolution
2. Eyes
3. Rapid
4. Testless
5. High front elbow
6. Rag
7. Run
8. Attack
9. Peak
10. Average
11. Taxed
12. Motivation
13. Machiavelli
14. The list
15. The ball
The top 50
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index

Rezensionen

Kimber is a 22nd-century cricket writer