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Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

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'Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any cricketer, coach or fan' Eoin Morgan 'This path-breaking book should be compulsory reading for commentators and captains - and all cricket fans' Mervyn King 'Clever and original but also wise' Ed Smith How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains use it to their advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why don't Indians bat left-handed? What is a good length and why? Why are leg- spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why did England win the World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or 85mph? Why don't they pitch it up? All cricketers long to know the answer to these questions and many more. Only fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to answer them - cricket was guided only by decades-old tradition and received wisdom. Data has changed everything. Today we can track every ball to within millimetres; its release point, speed and bounce point are measured as are how much the ball swings, how much it deviates off the pitch, the exact height and line that it passes the stumps, and multiple other variables. Hitting Against the Spin is the story of that data, and what it can tell us about how cricket really works. Leading cricket thinkers Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones lift the lid on international cricket and explain its hidden workings and dynamics - the forces that shape cricket and, in turn, the cricketers who play it. They analyse the unseen hands that determine which players succeed and which fail, which tactics work and which don't, which teams win and which lose. They also explore the new world of franchise cricket as well as the rapid evolution of the T20 format. Revolutionary in its insights, Hitting Against the Spin takes you on a fascinating whistle-stop tour of modern cricket and sports analytics, bringing cricket firmly into the twenty-first century by revealing its long- kept secrets. This is the most important cricket book in decades. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Constable (July 19, 2022)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472131266


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 63


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.13 x 7.88 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,316,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #106 in Cricket (Books) #1,074 in Sports Psychology (Books)


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  • Fascinating
Fascinating insights into the wonderful game of cricket we all love. Recommended to anyone who ever wondered if long held beliefs in cricket, like hitting with the spin, are really correct and true.
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021 by André van der Walt

  • Cricket analytics for the innumerate by one of their own
I really wanted to like this book--to read about how one could use basic numeracy skills to get a deeper understanding of cricket, and explode some myths (or at least question some received wisdom) about the game. But the argument in the first chapter on "how to win a world cup" was a pretty ordinary qualitative one--I kept waiting for the data that would redeem it. Leamon may be entirely correct, and he may even be legitimately entitled to claim a little of the credit for England's victory in 2019. But as you read the book it becomes increasingly clear that Leamon is not a great analyst--he has much more in common with the innumerate fools. He has never read Tufte, for one thing, and tends to draw big graphs to present tiny little bits of data--I don't have space in this review to explain how silly his graphics are. But what finally made me put down the book was his claim (on page 41) that 11.1 is "nearly three times" 4.6. Since when is 2.4 nearly 3? And do you really want to read a book of data analysis by someone so lacking in basic number sense? No, you don't. Read the new Crickonomics book instead. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022 by Daniel Dabney

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