A history of that most English of games – cricket. Simon Hughes looks in to, not only, the cricket of genteel summer afternoons, having tea, but also the darker side of cricket where from the beginning there has been corruption, subterfuge and violence. A very rounded history of the game and one that any cricket fan will enjoy.
Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses.
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Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses.
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And God Created Cricket was written by Simon Hughes and published by Black Swan an imprint of Transworld
And God Created Cricket has 462 pages
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