Includes a diagram of fielding positions for easy reference

A complete guide to cricket for players and fans

Whether you''re a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies will help you get to grips with this fascinating sport. Inside you''ll find an outline of the game''s laws plus in-depth advice on improving your playing techniques and tactics. You''ll also discover the tournaments, global rivalries, and great players that make today''s game so compelling.

Discover how to

• Master cricket''s basic rules
• Hone your playing skills
• Devise winning tactics as a player and a team
• Coach your children to play
• Follow every format of the game – from Twenty20 to Tests

Whether you’re a weekend cricketer or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you make sense of this fascinating sport. Not just a jargon busting guide to cricket’s laws, techniques and tactics, it also contains advice on kitting yourself out and provides lessons on playing the game and improving your batting, bowling and fielding skills. For the budding fan, there’s a guide to the greatest players, the memorable matches, and a tour through the cricketing scene – both domestic and international – giving you the knowledge you need to fully appreciate this special game.

Julian Knight is a BBC journalist, writer, and cricket enthusiast. He is a former youth coach and captain, and has been a club cricketer for over 20 years.
Consultant Editor Gary Palmer played first class cricket for ten years with Somerset before becoming a professional coach.