Woolmer's book essentially a cricketing guide
Former South Africa and Pakistan coach, late Bob Woolmer’s soon-to-be-released book Art and Science of Cricket , lives up to its name as it primarily serves as a “cricket manual for coaches and serious students of the game”, and does not touch upon
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Former South Africa and Pakistan coach, late Bob Woolmer’s soon-to-be-released book Art and Science of Cricket, lives up to its name as it primarily serves as a “cricket manual for coaches and serious students of the game”, and does not touch upon controversial issues such as betting and match-fixing that involved members of the South African team while he was their coach. The Times of India’s Santosh Suri reviews Woolmer’s elaborate work.
The book is an out-and-out cricket manual for coaches and serious students of the game. It deals with the techniques of batting, bowling and fielding. It also has sub-sections on personalities like Don Bradman, Shane Warne and Gary Kirsten, the new India coach. It throws light on issues like ball-tampering, sledging, reverse swing, racial tensions, cricket relations between hostile India and Pakistan; almost every conceivable issue barring the ones in question.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo