Learn to Play Cricket: Teach Yourself

: Introduction: Why play cricket?: Safety: Fitness for cricket: Warm-up and cool down: Nutrition for cricketers: Fielding: The cricket ball: Fielding positions and principles: Close catching: Throwing: Pick up and throw: Retrieving and throwing: Batting: Equipment: Grip and stance: Backswing and step: The drive: The forward defensive: The back defensive: The pull shot: The square cut: The late cut: Hitting full pitch to leg: Hitting full pitch to off: The front foot leg glance: The back foot leg glance: The sweep shot: The hook shot: Hitting 'over the top': Facing fast bowling: Facing slow bowling: Judging what shot to play: Running between the wickets: Backing Up: Bowling: The basic grip: The run up and approach: Seam and swing bowling: Off spin: Leg spin: Wicket keeping: Equipment: Stance: Taking the ball: Stumping: Standing back: Captaincy: Tactical play: Setting an attacking field: Setting a leg-side field: Setting an off-side field: Setting a defensive field: Motivating your team: Coaching: Parenting a young cricketer: Training for cricket: Net management and safety: Bowling machines: Umpiring: 10 ways of getting out: The signals: Scoring: The scorebook: Scoring: The rules of cricket: Glossary: Useful contacts