And God Created Cricket

Simon Hughes

RRP: £20.00

Publisher: DOUBLEDAY

Publication Date : 05/06/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

An irreverent history of English cricket, which, as well as all the info about its origins, is packed with stories about the eccentrics who play and watch the game, and the myths, corruption and violence that surround it. *Also appeared in May Buyer's Notes*

Publisher's description:

Charting the history of English cricket, this title presents the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the lengths people go to watch and play it, and the tale of a national obsession. It debunks the myth of cricket sportsmanship, showing the origins of sledging and match-fixing in centuries of subterfuge, corruption and violence.

ISBN: 9780385614993