Cricket and baseball are usually thought of as having little in common, two great summer sports attracting their own devoted followers, oceans apart. And yet, as this beautifully illustrated comparative survey of the two games reveals, they share intertwined histories. From 1840 to 1855 cricket was actually America's leading ball game. WG Grace tried his hand at baseball, and Babe Ruth at cricket. Each sport came to symbolise a version of national identity, and each was spread around the world with a kind of missionary impulse. In an age when Major League Baseball is becoming ever more international, and the phenomenally successful Twenty20 format has introduced baseball-like elements to cricket, Beth Hise's timely and engrossing book will appeal to those interested in the history of either sport.
- ISBN10 1857596447
- ISBN13 9781857596441
- Publish Date 1 July 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 October 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scala Publishers Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English