Cricket Steps To Success

Description

Step up to winning cricket play. Cricket: Steps to Successcontains progressive instruction for comprehensive coverage of individual skills, techniques and the fundamentals of team play.

With Cricket: Steps to Success, you will learn the proper techniques of batting, bowling, fielding and wicket-keeping. Through clear, detailed instruction, full-colour photos and illustrations and 71 of the game's best drills, you will develop each skill and identify and correct common flaws in technique as you assess your abilities and gauge your progress.

When you have mastered the fundamentals, Cricket: Steps to Successtakes you onto the field and into the game. From the roles and responsibilities of each position to the essentials of team play, you'll be prepared for every situation on the pitch.

If you are ready to master the game of cricket, rely on the one resource proven to make a difference. Cricket: Steps to Success—part of the popular Steps to Success series with more than 1.5 million copies sold—is your guide to winning play.

Author description

Ralph Dellor has been involved with cricket for over 50 years as a player, broadcaster/journalist and coach, in a career that has taken him to some 25 countries around the world. He has coached the England women's team, was on the coaching staff at Oxford University and more recently, has been coach of the Norwegian national team that has risen from obscurity to the first division of European cricket.

Table of contents

Step 1. Basic Bowling; Step 2. Fast Bowling; Step 3. Spin Bowling; Step 4. Basic Batting; Step 5. Defensive Batting; Step 6. Attacking Batting; Step 7. Fielding; Step 8. Wicket-Keeping; Step 9. Team Roles.