The Art of Batting: The Craft of Crickets Greatest Run Scorers

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'Kimber is a 22nd-century cricket writer' The Guardian

Colourful cricket history meets expert analysis in this richly researched exploration of the art of batting.

Most batters are trying to do their best, yet the top players are creating art. It is physically impossible to face an 80mph delivery and track it with your eyes, yet the greatest batters do more than just watch the ball, they predict where it will go. They can see into the future.

This book is about the batters who see what mortals dont. Javed Miandad purposefully made errors to manipulate the field, Sachin Tendulkar dug up a pitch to take on Warne, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was peppered by tennis balls on the beach until he created his bastardised technique and Joe Roots great play against spin is a confluence of three random events. Others, such as Smith, Pietersen and Richards, carried on the work of a man 100 years before their time, and Ranji changed cricket with a bucket.

Their methods and stories are different, but their currency is the same: runs. Through interviews with cricketing greats such as David Bumble Lloyd, Graeme Swann and Rob Key, this book shows you the science, skill and culture that made the 50 greatest batters of all time, and, ultimately, how these players conquered leather with willow.

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Kimber is a 22nd-century cricket writer * The Guardian *
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know by now that Jarrod Kimber is the finest contemporary young cricket writer. * Cricketcountry.com *

Author Bio

London-based Jarrod Kimber is a cricket writer who came to prominence as the founder of the cricketwithballs blog was described as fresh, funny, angry, wholly original and much imitated. Jarrod previously edited SPIN cricket magazine and is currently working for ESPNCricinfo, the worlds leading cricket website, writing for The Cricket Sadist Hour blog.

Jarrod Kimber has also been a regular guest on the cricket commentary radio show Test Match Sofa. He has written a number of books on cricket and its stars and was nominated for Best New Writer in the British Sports Book Awards. He is currently a major part of TalkSPORTs radio coverage.

Jarrod started as a blogger and has a strong online presence. 80k Twitter followers with a high engagement ratio. 60k YouTube subscribers, but the average views are well beyond an account with that following. 10k joint across TikTok and Instagram. An emailer with 5.5k followers - who all love cricket literature. And also two podcasts with 40k listens a month, and one specifically is about the history of the game.

His overall views/listens/reads in any month is one million plus.