About the Book: Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works
How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains use it to their
advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why dont Indians bat left-handed? What
is a good length and why? Why are leg-spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why
did England win the World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or
85mph? Why dont they pitch it up?
All cricketers long to know the answer to these questions and many more. Only
fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to answer them - cricket was
guided only