Cristopher Martin-Jenkins - The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers
| Conditie | redelijk [1e pag. naam + datum, binding + inhoud boek goed] |
| Aantal pagina`s | 424 |
| Uitgavejaar | 1980 |
| Uitgegeven door | Orbis Publishing Ltd |
| Kaft | groene hardcover met goudopdruk op de rug |
| Stofomslag | ja [deels verschoten, m.n. rug + enkele kale stootplekjes] |
| ISBN | 0856132837 |
| Code [intern] | RIA4 |
Beschrijving boek
This is a unique book in the literature of cricket. No previous book has attempted to encapsulate the biography, style, personality and career achievements of every cricketer who has represented the seven countries engaged in the tussle and excitement of international cricket in the hundred or so years since England and Australia played the first-ever Test, in 1877.
Distilling from a vast amount of original research, Christopher Martin-Jenkins has compiled biographies of some 1600 players. Separated according to each of the Test-playing nations, and in A-to-Z tries provide the full Test career, statistics, dates, most memorable performances and technical details of cricketers past and present. These are complemented by over 250 photographs showing many of the greatest players in action.
But this is much more than a handy reference book, for as Michael Melford, Cricket Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, says, ‘Christopher Martin-Jenkins has been remarkably successful not only in setting out their records but in giving an idea of what sort of players they were.’ Fascinating facts and facets of character jump from every page.
How many types of delivery could Gary Sobers bowl, and how many Test wickets did he take? Which great Australian batsman was so popular that his death made newspaper placards even in the middle of the First World War? Did Fred Trueman ever speak as bluntly as the stories about him suggest? What are Gavaskar’s greatest strengths as a batsman? The answer to these and many such questions will be found within these pages.
‘The Complete Who’s Who of Test Cricketers’ is the one book which will be treasured and thumbed above all cricket books, not least for its vital ability to breathe life and warmth into the bare statistics of an historic game which gives rise to more argument and dedication than any other.
