The Magic Of Spin

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 288 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Over the years Australia has produced some of the greatest spin bowlers the world has seen. In The Magic of Spin we meet more than forty masters of the art. They include Bill OReilly, who Sir Donald Bradman claimed to have been the greatest bowler of his experience; Clarrie Grimmett, arguably the father of spin bowling in Australia; and the greatest spinner of the modern era, Shane Warne. The many other spin bowlers included in the book include Arthur Mailey, Don Blackie, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Jack Iverson, Richie Benaud, Jim Higgs, Tim May, Stuart MacGill and Nathan Lyon.Spin bowlers in cricket are masters at making the ball loop slowly through the air to confuse batsmen. Legends of the game know the magic combinations of top-spin, side-spin and off-spin necessary to fool the opposition. The Magic of Spin dissects the various aspects of spin bowling through the stories of the bowlers themselves. In addition it includes the history and evolution of spin bowling: the wrongun or googly was invented by Bernard (BJT) Bosenquet; Grimmett invented the flipper, the ball Warne in later years bowled so brilliantly; and Bill OReilly learned about spin bowling by watching Grimmett like a hawk in Test matches. The batsmen who have played the great spinners through the years will also help to explain the dark art of spinning.Spin bowling is magical and to a lot of people [a few batsmen included] a mystery. Ian Chappell

ISBN: 9781743795781