Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Leamon, Nathan
Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Leamon, Nathan

Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

'Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket....
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SKU: 9781472131263
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Author: Nathan Leamon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Leamon, Nathan

Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

$46.57
Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Leamon, Nathan

Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

$46.57
Author: Nathan Leamon
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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'Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any cricketer, coach or fan' Eoin Morgan

'This path-breaking book should be compulsory reading for commentators and captains - and all cricket fans' Mervyn King

'Clever and original but also wise' Ed Smith

How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains use it to their advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why don't Indians bat left-handed? What is a good length and why? Why are leg-spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why did England win the World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or 85mph? Why don't they pitch it up?

All cricketers long to know the answer to these questions and many more. Only fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to answer them - cricket was guided only by decades-old tradition and received wisdom.

Data has changed everything. Today we can track every ball to within millimetres; its release point, speed and bounce point are measured as are how much the ball swings, how much it deviates off the pitch, the exact height and line that it passes the stumps, and multiple other variables. Hitting Against the Spin is the story of that data, and what it can tell us about how cricket really works.

Leading cricket thinkers Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones lift the lid on international cricket and explain its hidden workings and dynamics - the forces that shape cricket and, in turn, the cricketers who play it. They analyse the unseen hands that determine which players succeed and which fail, which tactics work and which don't, which teams win and which lose. They also explore the new world of franchise cricket as well as the rapid evolution of the T20 format.

Revolutionary in its insights, Hitting Against the Spin takes you on a fascinating whistle-stop tour of modern cricket and sports analytics, bringing cricket firmly into the twenty-first century by revealing its long-kept secrets. This is the most important cricket book in decades.

Author: Nathan Leamon, Ben Jones
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 07/19/2022
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.64h x 4.96w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781472131263
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