What is a googly
Subtitle: the mysteries of cricket explained
By: Robert Eastaway.
Publisher: Robson House
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Cricket; Cricket -- Rules
Other titles: Cricket explained.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144).
Published in the United States under title: Cricket explained.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 8; title: Foreword
pagenum: 9
authors: Ted Dexter; label: 1
title: Why This Book?
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: Where Did Cricket Come From?
pagenum: 16; title: Where do Lord's and the MCC come in?
pagenum: 17; title: When did cricket become 'modern'?
pagenum: 17; title: Who was this Bradman bloke?
pagenum: 19; title: Why do they complain that cricket isn't what it was?
pagenum: 20; label: 3
title: What is Cricket?
pagenum: 22; title: Is it like rounders?
pagenum: 22; title: How many people play in a cricket match?
pagenum: 24; title: What happens on the cricket field?
pagenum: 24; title: Why do they all change ends?
pagenum: 26; title: Yes, but what's the point of it all?
pagenum: 27; title: How are runs scored?
pagenum: 29; title: How do you get somebody out?
pagenum: 32; title: When, and why, do they all shout 'Howzat!'
pagenum: 38; label: 4
title: Who's Winning?
pagenum: 41; title: How do you win at cricket?
pagenum: 42; title: Winning a one innings match
pagenum: 43; title: Winning a two innings match
pagenum: 44; title: How can you spend five days playing cricket and still draw?
pagenum: 45; title: Why is it always raining?
pagenum: 47; label: 5
title: What Do All the People Do?
pagenum: 49; title: Batsmen
pagenum: 49; title: What is the batting order?
pagenum: 49; title: When does the best batsman bat?
pagenum: 51; title: Why do batsmen tap the ground with their bats?
pagenum: 53; title: What is a square cut?
pagenum: 54; title: Don't the batsmen get hurt?
pagenum: 57; title: Bowlers
pagenum: 58; title: Who are the bowlers?
pagenum: 58; title: Why do bowlers have to make the ball bounce?
pagenum: 58; title: How does the captain decide which type of bowler to choose?
pagenum: 59; title: Who are the bowlers with long run ups?
pagenum: 60; title: What is a medium pacer?
pagenum: 61; title: Why do bowlers rub the ball on their trousers?
pagenum: 62; title: How do they make it bounce funnily off the pitch?
pagenum: 64; title: Aren't slow bowlers easy to hit?
pagenum: 65; title: What is a googly?
pagenum: 67; title: Fielders
pagenum: 67; title: How do they all know where to stand?
pagenum: 67; title: What are 'silly mid off' and 'short leg'?
pagenum: 69; title: Why don't the fielders wear gloves?
pagenum: 72; title: Who is the twelfth man?
pagenum: 74; title: Umpires
pagenum: 74; title: What does the umpire do?
pagenum: 74; title: Who are the umpires?
pagenum: 77; label: 6
title: What About Tactics?
pagenum: 79; title: What keeps the spectators so interested?
pagenum: 79; title: What does the captain do?
pagenum: 81; title: The toss (and the pitch)
pagenum: 81; title: Tactics of the fielding captain
pagenum: 82; title: Tactics of the batting captain
pagenum: 83; title: What goes through the mind of the bowler?
pagenum: 85; title: What are the batsman's tactics?
pagenum: 88; title: So is there some kind of master plan?
pagenum: 89; label: 7
title: Do Cricket Matches Last for Ever?
pagenum: 91; title: What is Test cricket?
pagenum: 91; title: Which counties play county cricket?
pagenum: 93; title: Which is the type of cricket that almost looks interesting?
pagenum: 95; title: What type of cricket do they play on the village green?
pagenum: 97; label: 8
title: What About All Those Numbers?
pagenum: 100; title: Why do they like all those numbers?
pagenum: 100; title: Who keeps the score?
pagenum: 101; title: How do you know when to clap?
pagenum: 103; title: How can you tell if it's a good score?
pagenum: 104; title: Do I need to know any of the famous statistics?
pagenum: 106; label: 9
title: Am I Ready to Go to a Match Now?
pagenum: 109; title: What should I take to a match?
pagenum: 109; title: Why do they shout when I walk past the white screen?
pagenum: 111; label: 10
title: But What Makes Cricket So Special?
pagenum: 114; title: Glossary and Index
pagenum: 117; title: Some Selected Further Reading
pagenum: 143