{"product_id":"9781250120205","title":"Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised and Updated for 2016! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCricket Explained\u003c\/i\u003e offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor \"rounders.\" \u003cbr\u003eThis is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by a world authority on the sport, the co-inventor of the Coopers\u0026amp;Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. \u003ci\u003eCricket Explained\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader from the game's fundamentals -- basic rules, terminology, equipment -- to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. \u003cbr\u003eThe book includes a combined glossary\/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know \"short leg\" from \"silly mid off\" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from \u003ci\u003eCricket Explained\u003c\/i\u003e with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity. \u003cbr\u003eAmong the topics covered in \u003ci\u003eCricket Explained\u003c\/i\u003e's concise, user-friendly entries are: \u003cbr\u003e-- Cricket's history\u003cbr\u003e-- Making sense of the action on the field\u003cbr\u003e-- Batsmen and the batting order\u003cbr\u003e-- Fielders and fielding positions\u003cbr\u003e-- Fielding and batting tactics\u003cbr\u003e-- Scoring and statistics\u003cbr\u003e-- Bowling strategy\u003cbr\u003e-- How many players are required\u003cbr\u003e-- How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won\u003cbr\u003e-- Umpires and the rules\u003cbr\u003e-- Bowlers and their individual styles\u003cbr\u003e-- Different types of cricket played throughout the world\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111561281776,"sku":"9781250120205","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250120205_p0.jpg?v=1769892758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250120205","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}