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(3.88) | Keine | Gideon HaighOCOs new book covers all the great figures and major issues of cricket, by collecting all his best writing about the game. There are profiles of players past and present ? Bradman, Ranjitsinhji, Benaud and Sobers from the past, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Wasim Akram from the present. He covers the big issues in the game: sledging, match-fixing, Kerry Packer, Zimbabwe, umpiring. He writes about cricketOCOs best writers ? Swanton, C.L.R. James ? and ponders the gameOCOs most halcyon and unique aspects: slow bowling, captaincy, the essence of good batting. Haigh has now established himself as one of the finest writers on the game ? author of one acknowledged masterpiece, Mystery Spinner, a comic classic, Many a Slip ? and one of its most shrewd commentators."… (mehr) |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. for all the books that have purported to document the history of cricket, there is much about its past that we do not know, and probably never will  | |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. Identifying a great sportsman isn't difficult; the criteria are relatively simple. Identifying a great man requires rather more... some intellectual and historic contestation must be involved. Credulity invites scepticism - and unlike tradenames, reputations cannot be declared off limits by the wave of a legislative wand. So enough of the obeisances already. Yes, Bradman at 90 us a legend worth saluting. But as the American journalist Walter Lippman once said "When all think alike, none are thinking" One recalls the dictum of American scientist Paul Erlich:" To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a machine" [this was on the subject5 of video arbitration] | |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. We're at a hinge moment in cricket's history- a tripping point to use the e3xpression beloved of marketeers and military men alike. a new age beckons; the trappings of the old are slipping away. But while cricket shouldn't walk backwards into the future, the occasional glance over its shoulder might still be useful (Zum Anzeigen anklicken. Warnung: Enthält möglicherweise Spoiler.) | |
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▾Buchbeschreibungen Gideon HaighOCOs new book covers all the great figures and major issues of cricket, by collecting all his best writing about the game. There are profiles of players past and present ? Bradman, Ranjitsinhji, Benaud and Sobers from the past, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne and Wasim Akram from the present. He covers the big issues in the game: sledging, match-fixing, Kerry Packer, Zimbabwe, umpiring. He writes about cricketOCOs best writers ? Swanton, C.L.R. James ? and ponders the gameOCOs most halcyon and unique aspects: slow bowling, captaincy, the essence of good batting. Haigh has now established himself as one of the finest writers on the game ? author of one acknowledged masterpiece, Mystery Spinner, a comic classic, Many a Slip ? and one of its most shrewd commentators." ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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