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    The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth
    The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth
    The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth
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    The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth

    By Rob Smyth

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    From the early days of Test cricket to the immortalized handshake offered by Andrew Flintoff to Brett Lee in the Ashes series 2005, cricket has a history of extraordinary moments that embody everything that sets the game apart from any other. The Spirit of Cricket remembers some of the outstanding performances, captivating matches, and remarkable incidents that represent the glory of the sport. Each entry gives the background to the match or moment, profiles of the key players involved, and comment from legendary cricketing names. Many of the entries themselves will be chosen by star cricketers, umpires, journalists, and commentatorseach choosing something that symbolizes the spirit of cricket for them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElliott & Thompson
    Release dateMay 1, 2010
    ISBN9781907642128
    The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth
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    Rob Smyth

    Rob Smyth is a Guardian and Telegraph sports journalist and the author of The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth, and the co-author of Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football's Greatest Cult Team.

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      A glorious celebration of cricket would be more than adequate were it no more than a collection of anecdotes but what makes it truly outstanding is Rob Smyth's fluent seques and his affectionate commentary on the history of cricketing goodwill. This book will not appeal to anyone who knows nothing of cricket but it may help someone who knows the basic rules to understand why the game is so important to those of us who love it.

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    The Spirit of Cricket - Rob Smyth

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    CHAPTER ONE

    Apredilection for using the nearest mirror may ostensibly be the preserve of the self-centred, but it can signify virtue rather than vanity. The desire for constant self-inspection, to be true to thine own self, is surely the essence of the spirit of cricket. During his time as England coach, Duncan Fletcher gave every England player a copy of Dale Wimbrow’s poem ‘The Guy In The Glass’ (‘Your final reward will be heartache and tears/If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass’) and was even asked to read it out on BBC Radio.

    For the most part, the obligation on cricketers to take the appropriate degree of personal responsibility is not so formally expressed. A culture of doing the right thing has evolved over centuries. That evolution has taken it into unexpected areas. Forty years ago, when ‘walking’ – a batsman accepting his dismissal and returning to the pavilion without waiting for the umpire’s verdict – was an almost universal practice, it would have been unthinkable that the landscape could change to such an extent that walking would become one of the cornerstones of contemporary discussions of the spirit of

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