Remarkable Cricket Grounds: small format

This book showcases the extraordinary places and venues in which cricket is played, from a tidal strip of sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity. Many grounds have remarkably beautiful settings, such as Lynton and Lynmouth Cricket Club, Dharamshala pavilion, and Sedbergh and Milton Abbey. Sri Lankas test ground, Galle, has a fort looming above it, while Newlands Stadium in Cape Town has the unmistakeable Table Mountain as the backdrop.

Format: Hardback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 08 July 2021
Publisher: Pavilion Books

From a tidal strip of sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity, this book features the extraordinary places and venues in which cricket is played, now in a smaller format.

Across six of the seven continents on which cricket is played, there are some remarkable cricket grounds. From a tidal strip of sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity, this book features the extraordinary places and venues in which cricket is played.

Many grounds have remarkably beautiful settings. There is the rugged Devonian charm of Lynton and Lynmouth Cricket Club set in the Valley of the Rocks, not far from the North Devon coast. Then there is the vividly-coloured, almost Lego-like structure of Dharamshala pavilion in Northern India. In contrast, there are under-threat cricket pitches in North Yorkshire, such as Spout House, where Prince Harry played twice, scored 16, and then got bowled by a 12-year-old.

Many of England's greatest players have come from public schools, and there are some wonderful examples of their cricket grounds, such as Sedbergh and Milton Abbey. Country houses such as Audley End and Blenheim Palace form the backdrop to many cricket pitches, or castles, such as Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, or Raby Castle in County Durham.

Sri Lankas test ground, Galle, has a fort looming above it, while Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, has the unmistakeable Table Mountain as the backdrop. Some of the stunning imagery has a modern feel. Queenstown cricket ground has international jets taking off just yards from the playing action, while Singapore Cricket Club is an oasis of lush green set against a 21st-century array of high-rise towers. Then there are c.

Weight: 652g
Dimension: 196 x 233 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911663843