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An absolute beauty of a book: a delightfully illustrated A-to-Z collection of over 400 eccentric and hilarious words and phrases used by international players, village and club cricketers, the perfect handbook for the cricket fan, the wordsmith and the humourist.Beer snake, Barnes Wallace, Bunsen and Buzzers ... Featherbed, Ferret, Flamingo, Footler ... Pickpocket, Pie Chucker, Pongo and Pudding ... Teapot, Toe-smasher, Tonto and Twiddler ... The language of cricket is as rich as its history.The lexicon of cricket jargon has ballooned in recent years, thanks to round-the-clock global television coverage, the expansion of competitions, new in-match technological devices and live online reporting of Tests, One-Day Internationals and T20s.This charming glossary of terms brings together in one handy volume all the modern buzzwords and time-seasoned banter of the players, fans and commentators, and delivers it to the cricket lover's armchair, loo and bedside table.From Lord's to Lahore, Delhi to Durham, Melbourne to Manchester, Cape Town to the Caribbean, cricket is a universal language. Packed with curious words and expressions, new and old, laugh-out-loud funny and downright ill-mannered, this compilation will delight cricket fans the world over.Sample entries:Banter - Euph. Word casting a light veil over the bitter exchange of insults taking place between the batsman and assorted fielders. See also Niggle, Exchange of Pleasantries, VerbalsCamel - Graceless and unathletic fielder, often an ageing fast bowler, dispatched to a distant backwater of the outfield in which he is least likely to make a fool of himself. See also Cart HorseNighthawk - A Nightwatchman on crack cocaine who comes to the wicket looking to slog 30 runs from 12 balls rather than block 30 for one. Term said to be coined by England quick Stuart Broad in the Bazball era of Brendon McCullum.

A beautifully illustrated, humorous glossary of curious golfing terms and hilarious slang as used by millions of professionals and amateurs around the world, an essential handbook for all players and followers of sport's most frustrating game, packed with wicked, witty, waspish and weird wordage from the world's fairways and clubhouses. The older the sport, the richer the language and culture. Few sports can claim a heritage as ancient as golf, and few are richer in error-strewn comedy, spiteful asides and cruel jibes. My friend in the bunker, my enemy on the green... Adolf Hitler, Airmail, Amen Corner, Army Golf ... Bandit, Brassie, Brazilian, Breakfast Ball ... Ferret, Flub, Flusher, Fried Egg ... Rabbit, Rickshaw, Ryanair, Rushdie ... Waggle, Whiff, Wise (Dennis), Wormburner... this exquisitely designed book contains over 400 curious and laugh-out-loud words and phrases from both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.From St. Andrews to Augusta, Royal St. George's to The Royal Melbourne, Sunningdale to Sun City, Pebble Beach to Pine Valley... golfers share the same funny language, united in humour and exasperation by the same challenges, hazards, obstacles and duff errors.This densely packed volume of hilarious terms is essential reading for every golf enthusiast and clubhouse bore ever to have found themselves on a Claggy Lie on a Goat Track, pulled out the Hand Wedge deep in the Cabbage or smashed a Ferret out of the Kitty Litter, the perfect gift from golf widows and widowers around the globe.Sample Entries:Captain Kirk - Wild shot, going where no shot has gonebeforeCuban - Ball just short of the hole that neededanother revolution to get in. See Corbyn, JeremyLaurel & Hardy - Fat shot followed by a thin one, or vice-versaMouth Wedge - A gobby golfer who talks too much and bugshell out of his playing partnersSalman Rushdie - A difficult readSon-in-law - Of a shot that you weren't really hopingfor, but it will just about do.