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Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket

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Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket - Booth, Lawrence
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What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket's vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and clich???, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and old-gits' cynicism. Arm-ball to Zooter is a witty guide to the peculiarities of the game, its history and major figures; cricket-lovers might find their own pet hates confirmed; cricket newcomers might be amazed at what cricket-lovers have been up to all these ...

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Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket 2007, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780141027623

Paperback

Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket 2006, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780140515817

Hardcover