Knowing the Score: Past, Present and Future of Cricket Scoring

Booth, Keith

ISBN 10: 1840181974 / ISBN 13: 9781840181975

Published by Mainstream Publishing, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowing the Score: Past, Present and Future of Cricket Scoring
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840181974
• ISBN 13: 9781840181975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 490 grams

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Synopsis

Never before has there been an attempt to cover the full story of cricket scoring, from the rudimentary carving of notches of sticks in the 18th century, through increasingly refined methods of scoring on paper, to the networked computer system of today. Original sources are used to trace the intertwining of scoring history, cricket history, and social history. At the same time there are sideways glances at developments in scorecards, scoreboards, and statistics. Extensively illustrated with scoresheets and scoreboards of famous cricketing occasions, this book is at once professional and personal, eclectic and scientific, academic and anecdotal, historical and futuristic.