The Bumper Book of Cricket delivers a wealth of information about every aspect of the world’s most popular summer game. Beyond this sumptuous feast of cricket history, facts and feats – enlivened by anecdotes, jokes, quotes and quizzes – The Bumper Book of Cricket provides practical guidance on how to become a cricketer. Elegantly designed, gorgeously illustrated, and wryly but affectionately written by an author with a genuine passion for and deep knowledge of the game, The Bumper Book of Cricket is set to be the must-have cricket book of 2009.