Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket

by Lawrence Booth

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What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket's vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and cliche, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and old-gits' cynicism. Arm-ball to Zooter is a witty guide to the peculiarities of the game, its history and major figures; cricket-lovers might find their own pet hates confirmed; cricket newcomers might be amazed at what cricket-lovers have been up to all these years.
  • ISBN10 0141027622
  • ISBN13 9780141027623
  • Publish Date 7 June 2007 (first published 5 October 2006)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 29 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Language English