Full Description
Original edition reissued in 2023 with new cover. This is a print on demand title and is not held in stock. The delivery leadtimes will be longer.
This book looks at the science behind cricket - not just physics - explaining to the armchair fan and the sportsman alike how many different branches of science come together on a cricket field to produce the end result that is the game that we watch with such passion. This is done in a way that should be understandable to the intelligent layman and to people with a basic grounding in science, but illustrative to people with a deeper understanding of the principles involved.
Contents
Introduction A short history of cricket What odds at the toss? Lies, damm lies and averages Arms race I: the batman's weapon Arms race II: the bowler's artillery Not quite a good reflection Ballistics for beginners (and batsmen) Pakistani hydrodynamics Aiding the umpire Cricketers do it on grass
