Flying Stumps and Metal Bats: Cricket's Greatest Moments by the People Who Were There
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 184513530X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since 2003 the Wisden Cricketer has run a monthly feature called 'Eyewitness'. The result is a fascinating tour of cricket's most memorable moments, as told by the very people who were there and who made them happen. Like Graham Gooch reliving his magnificent triple century against India. Whether re-awakening memories of past glories or opening old wounds, Flying Stumps and Metal Bats is a unique oral history and the perfect gift for any fan of the endlessly unpredictable, ever controversial game that is cricket. Or Lancashire all-rounder David Hughes describing darkness fall over Old Trafford as he plundered 24 off John Mortimore at the end of an astonishing 1971 Gillette Cup semi-final. Above all, every story is told in the words of the cricketers, reporters and bystanders who witnessed them. Now for the first time the very best of 'Eyewitness' has been collected in one volume. Each article takes a seminal moment in the history of cricket and invites the key protagonists to reminisce about it, relive it and reflect. The Wisden Cricketer is the world's highest-selling monthly cricket magazine. thewisdencricketer. Launched in 2003, it will was the result of a merger between Wisden Cricket Monthly
An absolutely entertaining page turner Nimish Dubey There are two ways to write a book on cricket controversies - one is to be holier than thou and outraged at the extent to which the gentleman's game has fallen, and the other to firmly tuck one's tongue in one's cheek and have a laugh at just how crazy things could get in a game that started out as being one for the prigs. For make no mis