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Cricket Lexicon (Dictionary) | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Leigh, David Woodhouse
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 273906
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 204
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0571229905
EAN: 9780571229901
ASIN: 0571229905
Publication Date: October 5, 2006
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Deeply satisfying read April 29, 2008
W. G. Sutton
This is one of those books that is like a great malt whisky. You enjoy it at the time, but it's the warm glow that slowly spreads through you that makes you appreciate the quality. And like a good whisky, you can't allow yourself to turn to it too often or you suddenly find the hours have passed by.
Just the other day, I was asked where the word sledging came from. I turn to Leigh and Woodhouse and there's not just a simple explanation, but an elegant account of how the term came into cricket via an Australian player's insinuations to a waitress that were deemed "subtle as a sledgehammer".
Packed with gems. The commentators' phraseology is nailed again and again, and all with a kind of laconic learnedness that makes this an academic tome disguised as a titillation of trivia.
Ashes bible! November 24, 2006
J. Vaughan (uk)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this is the best of the three woodhouse / leigh outings (preferred the football over racing) - and so well timed with the ashes just starting - no surprise there! Great reading for inbetween overs - keeping yourself awake through the night, and sitting on the loo. But not the usual sporting trash - well researched and cleverly expressed - Loved it...
Love these books - very funny browser November 13, 2006
K. Saunders (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First got into these books when given the football lexicon for Christmas. It was a natural progression for me to buy their cricket edition. I'm not a cricket nerd but still found this book to be a funny and fascinating read. Something to delve into when you have a few moments spare. Top tip - Particularly useful to check what my mates were talking about without appearing stupid. I also found it to be and easy but perfect father-in-law gift - Far more rewarding than a crap golf joke book. Loved their definitions of words I didn't even know were used like a "Larry" or a "Michelle".
Leigh and Woodhouse have done it again! October 30, 2006
George Pagliero (London, UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I got their 'Football Lexicon' for Christmas a couple of years ago and LOVED it and was delighted to see they've done the same for cricket. Thoroughly recommend it to anyone with even a glimmer of interest in the sport - active or armchair. Plenty of the intelligent humour and rich irony that I've come to expect of Doctors Leigh and Woodhouse, but also a mine of information and loads of 'I never knew that' throughout the book... have you never wondered where the googly comes from, how to find silly mid-off, and why Nelson is such a threat? And for me the best laughs were the hilarious examples of sledging over the years - perfect for quoting over the dinner table or repeating on the village cricket pitch. A good buy for Christmas - get one for Dad and a sneaky extra for yourself! A cracking little book to delve into.
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