The Art of Batting

The Craft of Cricket’s Greatest Run Scorers – WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR NOMINEE 2025

jarrod kimber (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Sport (Verlag)
978-1-3994-1654-2 (ISBN)

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This ground-breaking book reveals the science, skill and culture that made the 50 greatest batters of all time.

NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

'a cracking read' – David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd

'one of cricket’s most distinctive writers' – Andy Zaltzman

THIS GROUND-BREAKING BOOK REVEALS THE SCIENCE, SKILL AND CULTURE THAT MADE THE 50 GREATEST BATTERS OF ALL TIME

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 making errors to manipulate the field; Sachin Tendulkar digging up a pitch to take on Warne; Shivnarine Chanderpaul practising non-stop on a beach until he mastered his technique; and Joe Root playing against spin as a result of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, meanwhile 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.

Jarrod Kimber is a Melbournian writer, commentator and analyst based in London who has had almost every job in cricket, except for playing it. Jarrod has written for ESPNcricinfo, SPIN Magazine and has built his own media network, Good Areas. If there is a cricket match on, he is probably watching it.

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
Image credits
Acknowledgements
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.05.2025
Zusatzinfo	Integrated black and white images throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 236 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-3994-1654-5 / 1399416545
ISBN-13	978-1-3994-1654-2 / 9781399416542
Zustand	Neuware