HITTING AGAINST THE SPIN: HOW CRICKET REALLY WORKS

It was good read. Let's say 65% content I enjoyed as a club level player. End was bit boring and some parts looks like filler.

One of the books where you can see the data and insights about cricket which will lead to increase your understanding about the game and how analytics helps to overcome all the problems.

Very informative on technical and analytical aspects. But expected more good quality of paper. Very expensive in terms of paper quality.

Poor print and cover quality. Expected much better quality and service from Amazon. Very disappointed as it is an expensive book

This is an amazing data driven insight into cricket. Providing stats to debunk or prove assumptions is hugely insightful. You come away knowing so much more about the game.However, the propensity for male-centric language is unacceptable in this day and age. Pronouns are always “him” and there are very, very few comparisons made with any female sports at all.At a time when women’s cricket is becoming increasingly popular, I would urge the authors to make the pronouns in this book gender neutral, and also to draw insights from the women’s game as well as the men’s game.

Ostensibly a book about cricket and how data applies to a complex sport, but in between the explanations of the rise of left handed batsmen or the importance of leg spin in 20:20 are some lessons about how to apply data. The tethered cat analogy is good, but equally the question from Trevor Bayliss asking 'Do we need to change or get better at what we are already doing?' sounds simple but is filled with nuance and challenge. Some good explanation of what stats can and can't do, as the search for the counter-intuitive revolutionary insight continues.

The main author is the data analyst for the England cricket team, a role that hadn’t previously existed. Parts of the book are quite difficult to follow but it is well worth the effort. The authors have written a very clever book

I've been reading this with our 11 year old son and he loves it.It is written in an easy, conversational tone, drawing repeatedly on popular moments in sport. However, it is packed with hard data.It will deepen your understanding and answer or illuminate some of the most arcane questions in cricket.A thoroughly enjoyable read, I highly recommend this for aspiring cricketers and fans of the game.

Just finished this book and I found it a very easy read which simultaneously gave me lots of new ideas and information about a game I have followed closely for 30 years. Not an easy feat to achieve! If you are a cricket fan who wants a better understanding of the sport this is a must read.