White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket’s Double World Champions

History

Wigmore, Tim

Roller, Matt

Europe

Bloomsbury Sport

Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

About the Author\nStefan Szymanski is Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan. His books include Soccernomics, Money and Football, National Pastime, Playbooks and Checkbooks and Winners and Losers.\nTim Wigmore is the author of Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, which won the Wisden Book of the Year and Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year awards in 2020. He is a sportswriter for The Daily Telegraph, and has also written regularly for The New York Times, The Economist, the New Statesman and ESPNCricinfo.\nLONGLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023.\n“Fascinating” The Observer\n“Illuminating” The Times\n“Crickonomics is packed with sufficient statistical analysis to have the most ardent cricket geek purring with pleasure” Mail on Sunday\n“An insightful, Hawk-Eye-like analysis of the numbers behind cricket” Financial Times\nAn engaging tour of the modern game from an award-winning journalist and the economist who co-authored the bestselling Soccernomics.\nWhy does England rely on private schools for their batters – but not their bowlers? How did demographics shape India's rise? Why have women often been the game's great innovators? Why does South Africa struggle to produce Black Test batters? And how does the weather impact who wins?\nCrickonomics explores all of this and much more – including how Jayasuriya and Gilchrist transformed Test batting but T20 didn't; English cricket's great missed opportunity to have a league structure like football; why batters are paid more than bowlers; how Afghanistan is transforming German cricket; what the rest of the world can learn from New Zealand and even the Barmy Army's importance to Test cricket.\nThis incisive book will entertain and surprise all cricket lovers. It might even change how you watch the game.

Business & Money

Szymanski, Stefan

Industries

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023. SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST SPORT BOOKS OF 2022. A CRICKETER BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'Superb' Matthew Syed, The Times 'Fascinating' The Observer 'Crickonomics is packed with sufficient statistical analysis to have the most ardent cricket geek purring with pleasure' Mail on Sunday 'An insightful, Hawk-Eye-like analysis of the numbers behind cricket' Financial Times An engaging tour of the modern game from an award-winning journalist and the economist who co-authored the bestselling Soccernomics. Why does England rely on private schools for their batters - but not their bowlers? How did demographics shape India's rise? Why have women often been the game's great innovators? Why does South Africa struggle to produce Black Test batters? And how does the weather impact who wins? Crickonomics explores all of this and much more - including how Jayasuriya and Gilchrist transformed Test batting but T20 didn't; English cricket's great missed opportunity to have a league structure like football; why batters are paid more than bowlers; how Afghanistan is transforming German cricket; what the rest of the world can learn from New Zealand and even the Barmy Army's importance to Test cricket. This incisive book will entertain and surprise all cricket lovers. It might even change how you watch the game.

The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made

THE SECRETS OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCE Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us, their prowess so unfathomable. So how are these extraordinary athletes made? THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, practice, genetics and psychology. Packed with gripping personal stories and interviews with top athletes including Trevor Bauer, Elena Delle Donne, Pete Sampras, Joey Votto, Steph Curry, Kurt Warner and Premier League superstars Marcus Rashford and Jamie Carragher, it explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under extreme pressure. THE BEST uncovers startling truths of athletic greatness-including why younger siblings have more chance of becoming elite, which towns produce the most superstars, the role of informal play and the best time to be born in the school year. It goes inside the minds of champions to understand what makes them perform during high-octane competition, how to hit a baseball or tennis ball in under 0.5 seconds, the secrets of how the best train and what makes a great leader. The book appeals to all lovers of sport, anyone with an interest in psychology and excellence, the parents of budding athletes, and fans of books like Freakonomics, Outliers and Range. It is a deconstruction of what it takes to be the best-and how we can all improve in sport and beyond.

The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made

Williams, Mark

Management & Leadership

Nicholas Brealey

Product Description 
GET INSIDE THE MINDS OF ELITE SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN AND DISCOVER WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE BEST. THIS IS THE STORY OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCE AND THE PLAYBOOK FOR THE SUPERSTARS OF TOMORROW.\nNever have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us. So how are these extraordinary athletes made and what do their achievements tell us about success? THE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world got that way. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness. This is a story of origins, 
 training, 
 luck and serendipity, 
 as well as of sports science and cutting-edge technology. Packed with gripping personal stories and interviews, 
 you will discover how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills and muscle memory that allow them to perform remarkable acts without consciously thinking about them.\nTHE BEST deconstructs the myths, 
 like the notion that 10, 
000 hours of practice are needed to make it to the top, 
 and explores the hidden power of the mind to reveal how athletes really think and process information during high octane competition. it gets inside the minds of champions, 
 deconstructing what athletes see during matches and explaining how they do what they do.\nDrawing on examples and lessons from throughout the sporting world, 
 this is for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be the best.\nReview 
"Insightful, thoughtful, and altogether wonderful: The authors have given us a guided tour of athletic greatness, brimming with revelatory science and deep understanding."― 
Daniel Coyle, New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code\n" 
The Best takes you on an epic journey of discovery and learning while also highlighting some of the nuances and pitfalls around developing elite athletes."\n― 
James Bunce, High Performance Director, US Soccer Federation\n"For any coach that wants to learn and then coach better, this book is a must read. Developing elite athletes is an intricate process and this book will help you achieve the right balance of coaching."― 
Eddie Jones, Head Coach, England Rugby\n"Answers the big questions about how stars are made, in lucid, jargon-free prose. Takes our understanding of elite sport to a new level and deepens the enjoyment of watching. A major addition to sporting literature."― 
Paul Hayward, Chief Sports Writer, Daily Telegraph\n"The Best takes a classic question posed by sport - what made them so good? - and interrogates it with genuine intellectual sparkle."― 
Ed Smith, England cricket selector, author of What Sport Tells Us About Life\n"A great read for anyone interested in excellence using a compelling mix of narrative interviews with the best athletes interwoven with cutting edge science."― 
Sian Beilock, author of Choke\n"This crisply written and enthralling book is a study of high achievement in sports. But it is much more than that because of the richness of the human interest stories it tells and of how it uses data to explain its conclusions. It achieves that rare feat: making you look at the world in a new way."― 
Jason Cowley, Editor, New Statesman \n" 
The Best is an enthralling read that combines the latest research along with interesting anecdotes that bring to life how the world's best athletes are made. Whether a casual reader or professional working in athlete development 
The Best is a great read"― 
Troy Taylor, High Performance Director, US Ski and Snowboard\n"The authors delve deep into the minds of great athletes, making tangible the intangible, bringing reason to the unexplained, and order to the chaos surrounding the creation of elite sportsmen and women."― 
Stuart Miller, Senior Executive Director, International Tennis Federation\n"Taking the complexity of cutting edge research and mixing it with the insights from expert performers in elite sport, 
The Best stands out in offering a glimpse of the characteristics of greatness and highlighting the many factors that lead individuals to sporting

Cricket 2.0 tells the story of how an old, traditional game was transformed by Twenty20 and how this format moved from being a gimmick to the face of modern cricket.&nbsp; The iconic captain Brendon McCullum, England's T20 visionaries Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Trinidad's Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, who rose to become among the first T20 millionaires, explain how they shaped T20 - and how it shaped them. Test greats Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting recount what a sea-change T20 represented and decode T20 strategy. AB de Villiers explores the limits of modern batting. The Afghan phenomenon Rashid Khan shows that T20 superstars can now come from anywhere. Venky Mysore, the cricket revolutionary you have never heard of, reveals how the game is changing off the field.&nbsp; Told through compelling human-interest stories and featuring interviews with more than 50 players and coaches, Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde examine how a cocktail of globalisation, new aggressive tactics and huge investment are changing the sport faster than ever before, while analysing the myriad ways in which a traditional game has been revolutionised forever, both on and off the pitch.&nbsp; This is the extraordinary and previously misunderstood story of Twenty20 cricket - told by two people who have chronicled the revolution.

Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution

Sports & Outdoors

Wilde, Freddie

Miscellaneous

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

As the world's second most popular sport, cricket is much richer and more diverse than many realize. Globally, passionate players give up holidays, time with loved ones, and hard-earned money to achieve the extraordinary and play for their country. Afghanistan, whose captain grew up on a refugee camp, will play in the 2015 World Cup not just in spite of the Taliban, but partly because of them. In Ireland, cricket has reawakened after a century of dormancy—but can they achieve their aim of Test cricket and end the player drain to England? These tales resonate far beyond cricket, touching on war, sectarianism, and even women's rights. This book explains why an Emirati faced Allan Donald armed only with a sun hat; whether cricket will succeed in China and America; what happened when Kenya reached the World Cup semi-finals; and how cricket in the Netherlands almost collapsed after two bad days.

Second XI: Cricket In Its Outposts

Brooks, Tim

MILLER, PETER

Haigh, Gideon

Dutta, Sahil

Pitch Publishing

‘excellent . . . both breezily engaging, and full of the format’s latest, best and nerdiest thinking’ – Gideon Haigh ‘An invaluable guide by two smart young writers to the story of T20 cricket, to the strategies that underpin it and to the players who have made the format’ – Mike Atherton, The Times ‘the first essential study of the T20 game, studded with analysis and big-name interviewees’ – Wisden Cricket 2.0 tells the story of how an old, traditional game was transformed by Twenty20 and how this format moved from being a gimmick to the face of modern cricket. The iconic captain Brendon McCullum, England's T20 visionaries Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Trinidad's Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, who rose to become among the first T20 millionaires, explain how they shaped T20 - and how it shaped them. Test greats Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting recount what a sea-change T20 represented and decode T20 strategy. AB de Villiers explores the limits of modern batting. The Afghan phenomenon Rashid Khan shows that T20 superstars can now come from anywhere. Venky Mysore, the cricket revolutionary you have never heard of, reveals how the game is changing off the field. Told through compelling human-interest stories and featuring interviews with more than fifty players and coaches, Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde examine how a cocktail of globalisation, new aggressive tactics and huge investment are changing the sport faster than ever before, while analysing the myriad ways in which a traditional game has been revolutionised forever, both on and off the pitch. This is the extraordinary and previously misunderstood story of Twenty20 cricket – told by two people who have chronicled the revolution. One of Wisden Cricket Monthly’s books of the year, 2019 ‘A fascinating insight into how the newest format has impacted on the game at every level including Test cricket. Essential reading for T20 fans and traditional followers’ – Scyld Berry, The Telegraph ‘Cricket 2.0 is the definitive book for those looking to understand the T20 format – both on and off the pitch’ – Nasser Hussain ‘A lucid and thoughtful guide to the T20 phenomenon’ – The New Statesman ‘Wigmore and Wilde take us on an absorbing ride . . . well written, some of their revelations come with the startling force of unexpected thunder on a still night’ – Suresh Menon, The Hindu ‘Tim and Freddie are the torchbearers of tomorrow, we must listen to them’ – Harsha Bhogle, CricBuzz

Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution - WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

Polaris

Review\nA fascinating insight into how the newest format has impacted on the game at every level including Test cricket. Essential reading for T20 fans and traditional followers' 
Scyld Berry, The Telegraph\nA lucid and thoughtful guide to the T20 phenomenon' 
The New Statesman\nAn invaluable guide by two smart young writers to the story of T20 cricket, to the strategies that underpin it and to the players who have made the format' 
Mike Atherton, The Times\nCricket 2.0 is the definitive book for those looking to understand the T20 format – both on and off the pitch' 
Nasser Hussain\nCricket 2.0 takes about as long to read as the average T20 game, and might be time better spent than a good many of them, being both breezily engaging, and full of the format’s latest, best and nerdiest thinking' 
Gideon Haigh, The Australian\nT20 is here to stay and we should celebrate and cherish all the skills involved . . . it is only going to get bigger' 
Michael Vaughan, The Telegraph\nthe first essential study of the T20 game, studded with analysis and big-name interviewees' 
Wisden\nTim and Freddie are the torchbearers of tomorrow, we must listen to them' 
Harsha Bhogle, CricBuzz\nWigmore and Wilde take us on an absorbing ride . . . well written, some of their revelations come with the startling force of unexpected thunder on a still night' 
Suresh Menon, The Hindu\nWISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020\nWinner of The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020 Heartaches Cricket Book of the Year\n‘Fascinating . . . essential reading’ – Scyld Berry\n‘A fascinating book, essential for anyone who wishes to understand cricket’s new age’ – Alex Massie, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack\n‘An invaluable guide’ – Mike Atherton, The Times\n‘excellent . . . both breezily engaging, and full of the format’s latest, best and nerdiest thinking’ – Gideon Haigh, The Australian\n‘The century’s most original cricket book . . . An absorbing ride . . . some of their revelations come with the startling force of unexpected thunder on a still night’ – Suresh Menon, editor Wisden India Almanack\nCricket 2.0 is the multi award-winning story of how an old, traditional game was revolutionised by a new format: Twenty20 cricket.\nThe winner of the Wisden Almanack Book of the Year award, the Telegraph Sports Book Awards’ Cricket Book of the Year and selected as one of The Cricketer’s greatest cricket books of all time, Cricket 2.0 is an essential read both for Test and T20 cricket lovers alike, and all those interested in modern sport.\nUsing exclusive interviews with over 80 leading players and coaches – including Jos Buttler, Ricky Ponting, Kieron Pollard, Eoin Morgan, Brendon McCullum and Rashid Khan – Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde chronicle this revolution with insight, forensic analysis and story-telling verve. In the process, they reveal how cricket has been transformed, both on and off the field.\nTold with vivid clarity and insight, this is the extraordinary and previously misunderstood story of Twenty20, how it is reshaping the sport – and what the future of cricket will look like.\nReaders will never watch a T20 game in quite the same way again. “For people that love cricket it’s really important to read it,” said Miles Jupp. “I found it extraordinary.”

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White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket’s Double World Champions

White Hot: The Inside Story of England Cricket’s Double World Champions

Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made

The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made

Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution

Second XI: Cricket In Its Outposts

Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution - WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution - WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020