Masterly Batting: 100 Great Test Centuries .Ranks the top 100 Test innings of all time based on a complex rating method employing both objective and subjective observations. Most of the book is taken up by the descriptions of each innings, by
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| Title | : | Masterly Batting: 100 Great Test Centuries |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (385 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0956732119 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Editorial : "Which have been the very best three-figure Test feats? Impossible to answer, given the infinite number of variables, but the authors of Masterly Batting have a jolly good stab at it. They are not the first to do so but this attempt has far more analytical heftWhile it all sounds deceptively scientific, all the judgements are, of course, ultimately subjective, but the overarching theme gives the entries, written by various hands, a satisfying coherenceit's all thoroughly enjoyable, and well executed" - Independent on Sunday
"Masterly Batting should find the thoughtful audience it deservesFerriday and Wilson have brought humanity to the numbers by stirring in contemporaneous reportage and the wisdom of numerous cricket judgesThere are some fabulous pieces in the bookThe result is richly satisfying, a kaleidoscope of dogged rearguards, effervescent counter-attacking and dreadnought destruction." - cricinfo
"Ferriday, author of the supe
Ranks the top 100 Test innings of all time based on a complex rating method employing both objective and subjective observations. Most of the book is taken up by the descriptions of each innings, by some of the greatest cricket writers of today - David Frith, Stephen Chalke, Ken Piesse, Rob Smyth to name but a few.
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