Arm-ball to zooter
Subtitle: a sideways look at the language of cricket
By: Lawrence Booth ; cartoonist, Nick Newman
Contributors: Newman, Nick
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780140515817
Subjects: Cricket; Miscellanea; Miscellanées
Description: What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket's vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and cliché, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and old-gits' cynicism. 'Arm-ball to zooter' is a witty guide to the peculiarities of the game, its history and major figures. Cricket-lovers might find their own pet hates confirmed; cricket newcomers might be amazed at what cricket-lovers have been up to all these years. What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow?
Notes: Includes index.