Cricket 2.0
inside the t20 revolution - wisden book of the year 2020
$32.56
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2020
Summary
Cricket 2.0: How Twenty20 Revolutionized the Game
Winner of the Wisden Book of the Year and Telegraph Sports Book of the Year awards in 2020
Cricket 2.0 tells the story of how an old, traditional game was transformed by Twenty20 and how this format moved from being a gimmick to the face of modern cricket
The iconic captain Brendon McCullum, England’s T20 visionaries Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler and Trinidad’s Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913538071 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913538079 |
| Author: | Tim Wigmore, Freddie Wilde, Harsha Bhogle, Michael Vaughan |
| Publisher: | Polaris Publishing Limited |
| Imprint: | Polaris Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 558g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘A fascinating insight into how the newest format has impacted on the game at every level including Test cricket. Essential reading for T20 fans and traditional followers’
‘the first essential study of the T20 game, studded with analysis and big-name interviewees’
* Wisden *‘Wigmore and Wilde take us on an absorbing ride … well written, some of their revelations come with the startling force of unexpected thunder on a still night’
– Suresh Menon * The Hindu *‘A lucid and thoughtful guide to the T20 phenomenon’
* The New Statesman *‘Cricket 2.0 is the definitive book for those looking to understand the T20 format – both on and off the pitch’
– Nasser Hussain‘Cricket 2.0 takes about as long to read as the average T20 game, and might be time better spent than a good many of them, being both breezily engaging, and full of the format’s latest, best and nerdiest thinking’
– Gideon Haigh * The Australian *‘A fascinating insight into how the newest format has impacted on the game at every level including Test cricket. Essential reading for T20 fans and traditional followers’
– Scyld Berry * The Telegraph *‘An invaluable guide by two smart young writers to the story of T20 cricket, to the strategies that underpin it and to the players who have made the format’
– Mike Atherton * The Times *‘T20 is here to stay and we should celebrate and cherish all the skills involved … it is only going to get bigger’
– Michael Vaughan * The Telegraph *‘Tim and Freddie are the torchbearers of tomorrow, we must listen to them’
– Harsha Bhogle * CricBuzz *About The Author
Tim Wigmore
Tim Wigmore is a journalist for The Daily Telegraph, ESPNCricinfo, The New York Times and The Economist, specialising in cricket, sports analytics and the business of sport. He is also a weekly columnist for the i paper. Tim is a former winner of the CMJ Young Cricket Journalist of the Year, and runner-up for the Ian Woodbridge Young Sports Writer of the Year award. His first book, Second XI: Cricket in its Outposts, was named one of The Guardian’s sports books of the year for 2015.
Freddie Wilde works as an analyst and is on the editorial team at the cricket data analytics company CricViz who provide services to broadcasters, professional teams and players. Freddie is also a freelance journalist, specialising in T20 cricket. He has written for ESPNcricinfo, The Cricket Monthly, All Out Cricket, CricBuzz, Wisden India and others.
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