
Rich in history & steeped in tradition the complexities & nuances of cricket in all forms of the game have enthralled generations of fans since the days of W.G. Grace & Victor Trumper. The game has changed beyond all recognition from its advent in Victorian times as a mass spectator sport in England & Australia
- Test cricket has now spread around the world the 50-over version has become an accepted mainstay & Twenty 20 has attracted legions of new fans to the game
- but the fundamentals have remained the same: to score more runs & take more wickets than the opposition. In the process legends have been born & new benchmarks have been set. Fully revised & updated to include the latest facts stats & records
- for many cricket-lovers consider that Test cricket had its most interesting year in history in 2011
- World Cricket Records 2013" is a celebration of more than 140 years of excellence featuring not only a host of records from all formats of the international game (first-class cricket one-day internationals & Twenty 20) but also the stories behind them & a series of potted biographies of some of the greatest players ever to have walked onto a cricket field. If you ever get into an argument about cricket facts & stats anywhere in the world " World Cricket Records 2013" will not only provide you with the definitive answer it will also give you loads of additional information that will amaze your audience."