Cricket For Dummies

Name: Cricket For Dummies
Brand: Wiley
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Julian Knight Tom Dunmore(Autor*in)

Wiley (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 23. März 2023

400 Seiten

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Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started with Cricket
Chapter 1 Taking In the Joy of Cricket
Understanding Cricket's Global Appeal
Gauging the Difference: Amateur and Professional Cricket
Reviewing the great divide: Amateurs and professionals
Getting involved in the amateur game
Exploring the Strange World of Cricket Speak
Pitching Batter Against Bowler
Understanding That Cricket is a Dangerous Game
Taking in the Dark Side: Cricket Frustrations
Scorebooks, Scoreboards, and Scorecards
Equipping Yourself as a Fan
Showing off your cricket knowledge
Coaching and cricket tactics
Getting to Grips with the Laws of the Game
Knowing the Importance of the Umpire
Chapter 2 Getting to Grips with the Basics
Introducing the Players
Remembering Cricket Helpers
Taking in the Field of Play
Understanding the importance of the pitch
Taking in the creases
Changing ends explained
Protecting the pitch
Talking Stumps and Bails
Umpiring: The People in White Coats
Making the big calls
Working together as a team
Respecting the umpire
Looking at umpiring signals
Embracing new technology
Protecting the umpires: System safeguards
Understanding the Scoring System
Understanding runs and boundaries
Totting up the extras
Incurring penalty runs
Keeping count: The role of the scorer
Dismissing the Batters
Comprehending the LBW law
Understanding retirements
Looking at Breaks in Play
Going off the field for rain
Going off the field for bad light
Chapter 3 From 10 Overs to 5 Days: The Many Formats of Cricket
Looking at an Innings
Throwing the second innings into the mix
Taking extra time to complete two innings
Embracing Modern Tastes: Shorter-Format Cricket
50-over matches: Traditional one-day cricket
Crash, bang, wallop: T20 is born
Hundred-ball games: Novelty or new frontier?
10-over cricket: Blink and you'll miss it
Taking a Closer Look at Test Cricket
Taking it slowly: Test and first-class tactics
Following English First-class Cricket
Ensuring a result: One-day cricket
Gauging the differences between one-day, test, and first-class matches
Understanding the one-day trade-off
Day-night one-day cricket
Bringing in the Big Bucks: The Indian Premier League
Signing up the talent: The IPL player auction
Looking at the teams of the IPL
Aping the IPL: The Big Bash in Australia
Math Geniuses Required: The Duckworth/ Lewis/Stern Formula
Chapter 4 Becoming a Cricket Fan
Watching International Cricket Live
Grabbing yourself a ticket
Counting the cost of rising ticket prices
Going on an overseas tour
Traveling with a supporters' tour
Traveling independently
Becoming an English County Member
Hobnobbing with Cricket's Elite: Joining the MCC
Enjoying Your Day at the Cricket
Understanding the times of play in test matches
Understanding the times of play in a one-day matches
Observing proper etiquette
Deciding what to take with you to the cricket
Partying on the terraces
Being an Armchair Fan
Watching the action on TV
Following on the radio
Reading up on the detail
Experiencing Grass Roots Cricket
Getting to Grips with the Statistics
Reading a scorecard
Working out a batting average
Working out a bowling average
Telling good from bad players using statistics
Batting benchmarks
Bowling benchmarks
Wicket-keeping benchmarks
Part 2 Welcome to Planet Cricket
Chapter 5 Grasping the Global Rivalries
Exploring the History of Cricket
From earliest times to test cricket
The "golden age"
The Bradman years
Going steady
Calypso cricket
The "new golden age"
Growing as never before
Looking at the Test-Playing Nations
England and Australia
South Africa
India
Pakistan
The West Indies
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Ireland
Doing it for themselves: Women's cricket
Cricket's second division
Taking in the Cathedrals of Cricket
Lords, London, England
The Oval, London, England
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Troubling Times for Test Cricket
Understanding the Zimbabwe controversy
Falling popularity in Asia
Who Runs World Cricket?
Breaking the Hoodoo: England's Renaissance
Chapter 6 Taking in Big International Tournaments
Raking over the Ashes
Understanding what makes the Ashes unique
Understanding the secrets of Australian success
Australia's Ashes heroes
Donald Bradman
Dennis Lillee
Allan Border, Mark Taylor, and Steve Waugh
Shane Warne
England's Ashes heroes
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Ian Botham
Developing Rivalries around the Globe
Pakistan versus India: Asia's "Ashes"
The clash of the titans: West Indies versus Australia
Southern hemisphere rivalry: South Africa versus Australia
Crossing the final frontier: India versus Australia
Competing for the World Cup
Growing out of humble beginnings
Taking off in Australia
Stumbling in England and South Africa
Shaming the World Cup in the West Indies
Fighting back in India, Australia, and England
Blazing a trail: The women's 50-over World Cup
Examining how the World Cup works
Pulling in the crowds: The ICC T20World Cup
Soaring success: The T20 women's World Cup
Checking Out the World's Leading Cricketers
The great batters
Virat Kohli (India)
Joe Root (England)
Steve Smith (Australia)
Meg Lanning (Australia)
Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
Beth Mooney (Australia)
The great all rounders
Natalie Sciver (England)
Marizanne Kapp (South Africa)
Ben Stokes (England)
Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
The great bowlers
Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)
Pat Cummins (Australia)
James Anderson (England)
Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
Megan Schutt (Australia)
Chapter 7 Domestic Men's and Women's Cricket
Getting to Grips with Crick-onomics: Franchises
Bringing home the bacon: T20 format competitions
Bigging it up: The Australian Big Bash League
Unleashing the big beast: The Indian Premier League
Throwing The Hundred into the mix
Laying Bare the Men's English County Cricket Scene
Understanding different county cricket formats
Explaining the County Championship
Scoring points in the County Championship
Troubling times: The declining County Championship crowd
Looking at the English first-class counties
Taking on board overseas players
Losing cricket's stuffy image: One-day county cricket
Putting on a party: One-day razzmatazz
Injecting some excitement
Picking up the pace of scoring
Coming Up Trumps: English Women's Cricket
Chapter 8 Cricket Lands in the United States
Digging into the History of American Cricket
The founding fathers of cricket
Outdoing The Ashes: The Auty Cup
Hitting the skids in the Civil War
Losing ground to baseball
Growing the game
Importing talent and filling the ranks
Looking at Team U.S.A.
The stars of men's Team U.S.A.
The stars of women's Team U.S.A.
Troubling times for Team U.S.A.
Understanding the Challenges Faced By American Cricket
Changing the Game: T20 Cricket
Stumbling towards the light: American Pro Cricket
Welcoming the world: The 2024 T20 Men's World Cup
Birthing a New Era: Major League Cricket
Supplying the money: India's involvement
Understanding India's importance
Developing the Next Generation: Minor League Cricket
Looking at the Minor League conferences
Checking out Minor League Cricket franchises
Scaling the Barriers: Women's Cricket
Growing the women's game
Focusing on the future
Part 3 Playing the Game
Chapter 9 Grabbing the Right Gear: Cricket Equipment
Getting It Together: The Essentials
The furniture: Understanding what the club supplies
Taking a peek at the cricket ball
Getting Personal: Choosing a Bat
Pricing up a cricket bat
Deciding on the right bat
Preparing the bat for play
Getting the Right Protection
Using your head: Wearing a helmet
Protecting your hands and arms
Guarding your groin
Protecting your legs
Getting Kitted Out Top-To-Toe
Being whiter than white
Taking care of your feet
Choosing a Kit-Bag
Kitting Out a Youngster for the Game
Chapter 10 Honing Your Batting Skills
Understanding What It Takes to be Good at Batting
Starting Out in the Middle
Taking guard
Gripping stuff
Listening to the umpire
Setting the sight screens
Facing up to the bowler: Stance
Executing the shot: Backlift
Taking wrist movements into account
Judging "Line and Length"
Looking at the line of the ball
Looking at the length of the delivery
Standing up to seam and swing bowling
Playing against spin
Pulling Up the Drawbridge: Defensive Shots
Playing a front-foot defensive shot
Playing a back-foot defensive shot
Expanding Your Horizons: Playing Aggressive Shots
Cover drive
Straight drive
Leg glance
The pull shot
The sweep
The cut shot
Having Fun with Your Batting: Super-aggressive Scoring Shots
The Dilshan scoop
The ramp shot
The slog sweep
The reverse sweep
Taking Control in the Middle
Getting off the mark
Getting your eye in
Judging a run
Putting your foot on the accelerator
Reaching personal landmarks
Preparing to Do Battle
Remembering that practice makes perfect
Exercising for successful batting
Taking care of the mental side
Choosing a Batting Role
Chapter 11 Making It Big as a Bowler
Looking at the Object of Bowling
Getting to Grips with Bowling Basics
Getting started
The run-up
The action
The follow through
Examining the line and length of the delivery
Choosing between over or round the wicket
Checking Out the Different Bowling Types
Understanding the Importance of the Ball's Seam
Mastering Seam Bowling
The leg cutter
The off cutter
Swinging Your Way to Success
Putting swing under the microscope
Turning things on their head: Reverse swing
Taking It to the Batters: Spin Bowling
Understanding the types of spin bowler
Looking at finger spin bowling
The off-break
The arm ball
The doosra
Focusing on wrist spin bowling
The leg-break
The googly
The top spinner
The flipper
Focusing On What You're Good At
Bowling With Your Brain
Teaming up with the captain
Remembering to bowl to the field
Winning with patience
Thinking clearly
Being Fit for the Task
Chapter 12 Fielding Made Easy
Catching On to Why Fielding Matters
Understanding Fielding Positions
Close catching fielding positions
Run-saving fielding positions
Silly, short, and deep fielding positions
Preparing Properly for Fielding
Getting Out on the Grass
Taking the perfect catch
Collecting the ball
Throwing the ball
Getting the underarm throw right
Getting the overarm throw right
Making it Big as a Wicket-keeper
Finding your stance
Getting into the right line
Gloving the ball
Standing back . . . standing up
Standing back
Standing up
Taking throws from the outfield
Chapter 13 Talking Tactics: Captaining a Cricket Team
Understanding the Role of the Captain
Selecting the Right Team
Calling Heads or Tails . . . the Toss of the Coin
Captaining the Team in the Field
Deciding on the new ball bowlers
Choosing when to change the bowlers
Handling bowlers with care
Setting the field
Going for the jugular: Using aggressive field settings
Treading carefully: Knowing when to set defensive fields
Looking at fields that mix attack and defense
Enforcing the follow-on
Batting Tactics
Drawing up the batting order
Declaring the innings
Looking at declaration scenarios
Forfeiting an innings
Delving into One-Day Captaincy
Organizing the bowling
Understanding one-day fielding restrictions and powerplays
50-over powerplays
T20 and 100 ball powerplays
Powerplays in women's cricket
Chapter 14 Talented Training and Cricket Coaching
Improving Your Fitness and Cricket Skills
Getting Match Fit
Honing Your Technique in the Nets
Giving Your Batting A boost
Taking Giant Steps Forward with Your Bowling
Looking at Fielding Drills
Explaining Stretching
Warming up
Looking at stretching exercises
Coaching Kids to Play Cricket
Encouraging all-around ability
Understanding coaching qualifications
Getting your child involved
Taking it to another level: Age-group cricket
Part 4 The Part of Tens
Chapter 15 Ten Greatest Ever Cricketers
Sir Donald Bradman, Australia
Sir Jack Hobbs, England
Sachin Tendulkar, India
Sir Gary Sobers, West Indies
Imran Khan, Pakistan
Ellyse Perry, Australia
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, England
Mithali Raj, India
Malcolm Marshall, West Indies
Shane Warne, Australia
Chapter 16 Ten Most Memorable Cricket Matches
England versus Australia: Men's Test Match, The Oval, 1882
Australia versus West Indies: Men's First Test, Brisbane, 1960
Australia versus England: Men's Centenary Test, Melbourne, 1977
England versus Australia: Men's Third Test Match, Headingley, 1981
South Africa versus Australia: Men's World Cup Semifinal, Edgbaston, 1999
India versus Australia: Men's Test Match, Kolkata, 2002
England versus Australia: Men's Test Match, Edgbaston, 2005
England versus India: Women's World Cup Final, Lords, 2017
England versus New Zealand: Men's World Cup Final, Lords, 2019
Australia versus England: Women's Test Match, Canberra, 2022
Chapter 17 Ten Mind-boggling Cricket Feats
Brian Lara's Record-High Scores
Betty Wilson: From Lamppost to Limelight
Australia's 16-Test Winning Streak
Sir Jack Hobbs: The Ultimate Golden Oldie
Ian Botham's Miracle Ashes Triumph
Australia's Backs to the Wall Triumph at Adelaide
Sir Donald Bradman's Colossal Batting Average
Charlotte Edwards: The T20 Pioneer
Chris Gayle's 100 off 30 balls
Wilfred Rhodes's Never-Ending Career
Index
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