Sports Academy: Cricket

Build your sports skills with the Sports Academy series

List of contents

• 1: What is Cricket?
• 2: Cricket Around the World
• 3: Equipment
• 4: Overs and Runs
• 5: Wickets and Umpires
• 6: Bowling
• 7: Seam and Swing Bowling
• 8: Spin Bowling
• 9: Batting
• 10: Defensive Strokes
• 11: More Defensive Strokes
• 12: Attacking Strokes
• 13: More Attacking Strokes
• 14: Fielding
• 15: Gathering, Throwing and Catching
• 16: Statistics and Records
• 17: Glossary and Further Information
• 18: Index

About the author

Chris Oxlade is an experienced writer of information books for children. He specialises in science and technology, and has written more than sixty titles, on subjects ranging from kites to virtual reality, as well as books on various forms of transport.

Summary

Build your sports skills with the Sports Academy series

Product details

• Authors: Franklin Watts, Chris Oxlade, Oxlade Chris
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2021
• EAN: 9781445178561
• ISBN: 978-1-4451-7856-1
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Series: SPORTS ACADEMY
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Racket Sports, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports