Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important cricket skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and photos showing key techniques, you'll discover everything - from training to competing - while also finding out something about cricket stars of the past and present.

 

This book is part of a book series called Sports Skills .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Chris Oxlade is an experienced writer of children's non-fiction and specialises in scientific subjects.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What is Cricket? 6
• 1: Cricket Around the World 8
• 1: Equipment 10
• 1: Overs, Runs and Wickets 12
• 1: Bowling 14
• 1: Seam and Swing Bowling 16
• 1: Spin Bowling 18
• 1: Batting 20
• 1: Defence and Attack 22
• 1: More Attacking Strokes 24
• 1: Fielding 26
• 1: Statistics and Records 28
• 1: Glossary and Websites 29
• 1: Index 30