Description
Book SynopsisBuild your sports skills with the Sports Academy series.
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important cricket skills you''ll need. Full of skills tips and illustrations showing key techniques, you''ll discover everything - from batting to bowling and fielding.
The series Sports Academy covers rules, equipment and major competitions through specially commissioned, step-by-step illustrations that clearly shows skills and techniques needed for a sport.
Great for readers aged 9+
Table of Contents
- 1: What is Cricket?
- 2: Cricket Around the World
- 3: Equipment
- 4: Overs and Runs
- 5: Wickets and Umpires
- 6: Bowling
- 7: Seam and Swing Bowling
- 8: Spin Bowling
- 9: Batting
- 10: Defensive Strokes
- 11: More Defensive Strokes
- 12: Attacking Strokes
- 13: More Attacking Strokes
- 14: Fielding
- 15: Gathering, Throwing and Catching
- 16: Statistics and Records
- 17: Glossary and Further Information
- 18: Index
