Marylebone Cricket Club:
MCC has been safeguarding both the spirit of cricket and the spiritual home of our sport, Lord’s Cricket Ground, since 1787. The world’s most famous cricket club, MCC promotes the sport through numerous initiatives, including fielding sides to nearly 500 matches a year.
Please visit their sites: MCC website, MCC on Cricinfo
Laws of Cricket: MCC has been the custodian of the Laws of Cricket since the Club’s formation in 1787. For the laws please visit their page.
Websites:
Cricinfo: The home of cricket on the web – this is the most informative and up-to-date destination for any cricket lover. Everything from live scores, photo galleries, blogs and an incredible archive of player profiles and match statistics, cricinfo is an incredible resource.
Dream Cricket: America’s cricket community on the web.
ABC of Cricket: Good resource for cricket learning.
Seattle Cricket: Great explanation of cricket using baseball terminology and excellent starting-point for understanding cricket strategy.
Books:
The Art of Cricket, 1958 by Sir Donald Bradman: Regarded by many as the definitive book on cricket by a man regarded by many as the definition of cricket.
The Art of Captaincy, 1980 by Mike Brearley: England’s thinking man’s captain gives his insights into managing cricketers on the field – which has proven valuable to managing just about anyone.
Master Class, 1982 by Geoffrey Boycott: This wonderful little hardback uses excellent comic-book style drawn panels to illustrate cricket fundamentals – great starting-point for a reference collection.
Imran Khan’s Cricket Skills, 1989 by Imran Khan: Pakistani captain-allrounder weighs in on cricketing basics.
Bob Woolmer’s Art and Science of Cricket, 2008 by Bob Woolmer, Tim Noakes and Helen Moffett: This book is the magnum opus of one of cricket’s most celebrated coaching minds – this book comes with the highest possible recommendation for anyone interested in learning, teaching or just contemplating cricket. The cornerstone in any modern cricket library.
