Author: Suresh Menon Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 9384898287 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 808
Book Description
Wisden has grown through the years to embrace innovation and maintain its status as the most revered and cherished brand in cricket. The 'Bible of Cricket', Wisden Cricketers' Almanack has been published every year since 1864. Wisden's Cricketers of the Year Awards, one of the oldest honours in the sport, dates back to 1889. The Almanack, known for editorial excellence, has been a perennial bestseller in the UK. The fourth edition with India-specific content is even more engrossing. Contributors include Ramachandra Guha, Ian Chappell, Ajit Wadekar, Amol Rajan, Osman Samiuddin, Dileep Premachandran, Prashant Kidambi, Ruchir Joshi, Rajdeep Sardesai, Akash Chopra, Jarrod Kimber, and Jack Hobbs
Author: Derek Charles Catsam Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538144700 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 255
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Forty years ago, a South African rugby tour in the United States became a crucial turning point for the nation’s burgeoning protests against apartheid and a test of American foreign policy. In Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America's Anti-Apartheid Movement, Derek Charles Catsam tells the fascinating story of the Springbok’s 1981 US tour and its impact on the country’s anti-apartheid struggle. The US lagged well behind the rest of the Western world when it came to addressing the vexing question of South Africa’s racial policies, but the rugby tour changed all that. Those who had been a part of the country’s tiny anti-apartheid struggle for decades used the visit from one of white South Africa’s most cherished institutions to mobilize against both apartheid sport and the South African regime more broadly. Protestors met the South African team at airports, chanted outside their hotels, and courted arrests at matches, which ranged from the bizarre to the laughable, with organizers going to incredible lengths to keep their locations secret. In telling the story of how a sport little appreciated in the United States nonetheless became ground zero for the nation’s growing anti-apartheid movement, Flashpoint serves as a poignant reminder that sports and politics have always been closely intertwined.
Author: The Alternative Commentary Collective Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited ISBN: 1776954084 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 309
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Lean into the unhinged world of The Alternative Commentary Collective, where a decade of New Zealand sporting conquest and catastrophe is captured and celebrated in irreverent ACC style. From their ‘dangerously sexual’ beginnings in an abandoned mobile P-lab to the media colossus that bestrides Aotearoa today, here is the ACC in full colour, and in their own, inimitable words. Relive the ecstasy of the 2021 World Test Championship Final, the heartbreak of rugby shockers and cricket calamities, and the countless examples of punishing and heroic behaviour off the field: The Cake Tin helicopter landing. Manginagate. The stadium bans. Amsterdam. The Beige Brigade. More content about Mike Lane’s...equipment... than you could ever need. The nicknames. The scores and stats. The animal facts. The great New Zealanders. And a catalogue of practical guidance on everything from streaking and smuggling booze to skinning cats and penning the perfect parody song. Join the team behind the scenes as they desecrate iconic moments, celebrate unfortunate faux pas and mercilessly roast sporting legends—all with their trademark wit and banter. Whether you are an ACC lifer or a first-time texter to 0221 CURLY 6, this book promises a journey into the bowels of New Zealand sport — by the fans and for the fans. Strap in for a seditious sortie filled with fear, loathing and the frequent absurdity that defines the Alternative Commentary Collective. You have been warned . . . Written by Mike Lane and Matt Heath with Dylan Cleaver, plus contributions and guest appearances from all your ACC favourites, past and present, including Jeremy Wells, Ben Hurley, Jason Hoyte, Leigh Hart, James McOnie, Chris Key, Scotty J Stevenson, Lee Baker, Mike Minogue, Dai Henwood, Manaia Stewart, Paul Ford - and more. "It's actually quite good." - Daniel Vettori "‘Of all the innovations in cricket over the past decade, by far the worst has been the inexorable rise of the Alternative Commentary Collective." - Bryn Waddell "I’d like to distance myself as far away as possible from the contents of this book." – Jason Hoyte
Author: Eric Lemon Publisher: Eric Lemon ISBN: 0645362662 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 470
Book Description
A remarkable compilation of over 400 pages of statistics and records of every match and every player for the Wales national Rugby Union team from the first match in February 1881 up to December 2023.
Author: Lawrence Booth Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472935225 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 540
Book Description
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2015 season.
Author: Eric Lemon Publisher: Eric Lemon ISBN: 0645362638 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 528
Book Description
Over 500 pages of facts, statistics, and records of every match and every player for the Australian national Rugby Union team from the first match in June 1899 up to December 2023.
Author: Eric Lemon Publisher: Eric Lemon ISBN: 0645362670 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 581
Book Description
Over 500 pages of facts, statistics, and records of every match and every player for the New Zealand national Rugby Union team from the first match in May 1884 up to December 2023.
Author: Suresh Menon Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 938643279X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 781
Book Description
Wisden India Almanack, now in it's sixth edition pays homage to India's women cricketers, who over the past couple of years have been among the most talked-about, the most keenly followed and the most vociferously encouraged in the country. Starting with Menon and including Karunya Keshav, Sharda Ugra, Lawrence Booth, Aakash Chopra, Amrit Mathur, Simon Barnes, Ian Chappell, Shehan Karunatilaka, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna, Samanth Subramanian and many more, the discerning reader has plenty to read and savour over 800 pages.
Author: Greg Ryan Publisher: Auckland University Press ISBN: 1776710061 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 541
Book Description
A history of New Zealanders and the sports that we have made our own, from the Maori world to today's professional athletes.&‘. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians' claims to the contrary', wrote Dick Brittenden in 1954. &‘For many in New Zealand, prowess at sport replaces the social graces; in the pubs, during the furious session between 5pm and closing time an hour later, the friend of a relative of a horse trainer is a veritable patriarch. No matador in Madrid, no tenor in Turin could be sure of such flattering attention.' As Brittenden suggested, sport has played a central part in the social and cultural history of Aotearoa New Zealand throughout its history. This book tells the story of sport in New Zealand for the first time, from the Maori world to today's professional athletes. Through rugby and netball, bodybuilding and surf lifesaving, the book introduces readers to the history of the codes, the organisations and the players. It takes us into the stands and on to the sidelines to examine the meaning of sport to its participants, its followers, and to the communities to which they belonged. Why did rugby become much more important than soccer in New Zealand? What role have Maori played in our sporting life? Do we really &‘punch above our weight' in international sport? Does sport still define our national identity? Viewing New Zealand sport as activity and as imagination, Sport and the New Zealanders is a major history of a central strand of New Zealand life.
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