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Author: David Woodhouse
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 272
What exactly is a mollygrubber? Or a sandshoe-crusher? What are 'Manhattans' and 'Wagon Wheels' doing in the most English of sports? How do you tell flypaper hands from popadom fingers? Cricket - perhaps more than any other sport - has a language that delights those who know it, and confuses those who don't. While some of us have never actually heard the sound of leather on willow, everyone has heard of bowling a googly and playing a straight bat. But few know what terms like doorsa and dobber mean, and how to use them like a connoisseur. From Kennington to Kensington, from Melbourne to Mumbai, talk of cricket (on and off the field) is both well-mannered and bluntly offensive, confusing and crystal-clear, old-world and cutting edge. To ease the way though these corridors of uncertainty, Leigh and Woodhouse invite you to join them on tour - so next time you talk about the game, you will be giving it some humpty!
Author: David Woodhouse
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 272
What exactly is a mollygrubber? Or a sandshoe-crusher? What are 'Manhattans' and 'Wagon Wheels' doing in the most English of sports? How do you tell flypaper hands from popadom fingers? Cricket - perhaps more than any other sport - has a language that delights those who know it, and confuses those who don't. While some of us have never actually heard the sound of leather on willow, everyone has heard of bowling a googly and playing a straight bat. But few know what terms like doorsa and dobber mean, and how to use them like a connoisseur. From Kennington to Kensington, from Melbourne to Mumbai, talk of cricket (on and off the field) is both well-mannered and bluntly offensive, confusing and crystal-clear, old-world and cutting edge. To ease the way though these corridors of uncertainty, Leigh and Woodhouse invite you to join them on tour - so next time you talk about the game, you will be giving it some humpty!
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: David Woodhouse
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 272
What exactly is a mollygrubber? Or a sandshoe-crusher? What are 'Manhattans' and 'Wagon Wheels' doing in the most English of sports? How do you tell flypaper hands from popadom fingers? Cricket - perhaps more than any other sport - has a language that delights those who know it, and confuses those who don't. While some of us have never actually heard the sound of leather on willow, everyone has heard of bowling a googly and playing a straight bat. But few know what terms like doorsa and dobber mean, and how to use them like a connoisseur. From Kennington to Kensington, from Melbourne to Mumbai, talk of cricket (on and off the field) is both well-mannered and bluntly offensive, confusing and crystal-clear, old-world and cutting edge. To ease the way though these corridors of uncertainty, Leigh and Woodhouse invite you to join them on tour - so next time you talk about the game, you will be giving it some humpty!
Author: David Woodhouse
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 272
What exactly is a mollygrubber? Or a sandshoe-crusher? What are 'Manhattans' and 'Wagon Wheels' doing in the most English of sports? How do you tell flypaper hands from popadom fingers? Cricket - perhaps more than any other sport - has a language that delights those who know it, and confuses those who don't. While some of us have never actually heard the sound of leather on willow, everyone has heard of bowling a googly and playing a straight bat. But few know what terms like doorsa and dobber mean, and how to use them like a connoisseur. From Kennington to Kensington, from Melbourne to Mumbai, talk of cricket (on and off the field) is both well-mannered and bluntly offensive, confusing and crystal-clear, old-world and cutting edge. To ease the way though these corridors of uncertainty, Leigh and Woodhouse invite you to join them on tour - so next time you talk about the game, you will be giving it some humpty!
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