Cricket - Luke Sellers

The Know the Game Complete Skills
series is a perfect
introduction to a sport for every budding player. Compiled from the individual Know the Game Cricket titles, the book will
teach young players the basic skills they need to
start enjoying the
sport - by giving them plenty of simple practice
drills and showing how
the star players do it. In this book, players will learn : Batting:How
to:
control the bat
face a bowler
play all the shots
'read' a
bowler
understand the field
run between the wicketsBowling:
Profile of a bowler
bowling to a plan
Bowling actions
the run-up
and release
swing bowling
seam bowling
spin bowling and
variationsFielding:
The field and field placings
the
ready position
close catching
catching in the deep
overarm throw
intercepts
retrieving the ball
the long barrier
wicketkeeping
skillsClearly illustrated and written by a professional coach,
this book will give every young player the all the skills they need to
enjoy cricket.