Book description
Did you know that cricket is the second most popular sport in the world
and has been an established team sport for centuries, with more than 100
cricket-playing nations now recognised by the International Cricket
Council? No doubt those questions haven t left cricket aficionados
remotely stumped, but be prepared to be caught out by the 1,000
leg-breaking quiz questions in this book. Your innings will require you
to recall facts and figures relating to every possible aspect of the
game of cricket from players to umpires and national to international
matches, together with all kinds of trivia, so you could very easily
find yourself in a real spin and may need to enlist the help of friends
to bail you out before a sneaky Chinaman bowls you over, slips you up or
reduces you to a pile of ashes. Whether you find yourself top of the
batting order or limping with a square leg, this book, with a fitting
foreword by Dickie Bird, contains a wealth of knowledge about the sport
that is guaranteed to enthral all cricket fans, and questions that will
stimulate fond memories and friendly debates for many an entertaining
hour. Did you know that cricket is the second most popular sport in
the world and has been an established team sport for centuries, with
more than 100 cricket-playing nations now recognised by the
International Cricket Council? No doubt those questions haven t left
cricket aficionados remotely stumped, but be prepared to be caught out
by the 1,000 leg-breaking quiz questions in this book. Your innings will
require you to recall facts and figures relating to every possible
aspect of the game of cricket from players to umpires and national to
international matches, together with all kinds of trivia, so you could
very easily find yourself in a real spin and may need to enlist the help
of friends to bail you out before a sneaky Chinaman bowls you over,
slips you up or reduces you to a pile of ashes. Whether you find
yourself top of the batting order or limping with a square leg, this
book, with a fitting foreword by Dickie Bird, contains a wealth of
knowledge about the sport that is guaranteed to enthral all cricket
fans, and questions that will stimulate fond memories and friendly
debates for many an entertaining hour.
