Crash Bang Wallop: Twenty20 - a History of the Brief Game - Couverture souple

Hindley, Martyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1905449887 ISBN 13 : 9781905449880

Editeur : Know the Score Books, 2008

Synopsis

Twenty20 cricket was launched in 2003 as a potent cocktail of cricket, colour, rock'n' roll and razzamatazz - a kind of concert sport to draw the Playstation generation back to the game. The hype was greeted by the usual harbingers of doom, predicting the end of cricket as we know it, meanwhile crowds flocked to enjoy a modern form of the game in tune with the twenty-first century need for instant and constant entertainment. "Crash! Bang! Wallop!" circles the winners' enclosure in the World Championship of September 2007, wades into the reggae parties of Antigua and catches up with the biggest names in the sport to definitively find out what impact Twenty20 has had on cricket around the world.Kiwi legend Martin Crowe reflects on the humble beginnings of Cricket Max - the predecessor of Twenty20 - England stars Geraint Jones and Marcus Trescothick look back upon England's historic first ever international and Sri Lanka's destructive batsman Sanath Jayasuriya is part of an international all-star cast list offering their opinions on this new, worldwide phenomena. How, in a World Championship year, did a rugby league megastar end up playing in Australia's national competition? Why did one domestic final in Pakistan finish just before 2am? And what possessed a Texan businessman to buy a whole competition in the Caribbean, prompting a power struggle in the West Indian game? From the dressing rooms, the cricket fields and the divided halls of power within the game, "Crash!Bang!Wallop!" weighs up whether Twenty20 is a fad or the future for cricket and ponders the greed that threatens to strangle the golden goose.

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À propos de l'auteur

Martyn Hindley has been the Cricket Correspondent in the North-West for BBC local radio since 2006, charting the fortunes of Lancashire. He learned his trade as a freelance journalist on football and rugby league, covering his first cricket match in 2002 when England played India in the Headingley Test Match. Reporting on the game is seen as an adequate compensation for having no talent at it, having featured briefly for Astley and Tyldesley under-13s in the Bolton Association during his youth.Martyn has a broad interest in European football as well and is a regular commentator on Champions League matches for UEFA.com, for whom he has also presented regular podcasts. His passion for Leigh RMI Football Club is unfathomable but admirable given their status as a side in the Conference North but he has plenty of non-sporting pursuits to occupy his spare time including travel (favourite places include Kiev, Ukraine) and swimming.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Know the Score Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905449887
• ISBN 13: 9781905449880
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible