Armchair Cricket

Authors’ note:

The idea of writing Armchair Cricket came to us because of the number of letters which both Sound and Television commentators of the BBC receive from listeners and viewers. Most of these usually contain a request for an explanation of some law of the game, or for the meaning of an obscure cricketing term which the commentator has used. In addition, many people seem interested in the technique of commentary and anxious for more details of the BBC operates from a cricket ground.

The book is not intended as a technical guide to the expert, nor as an elementary text book to this who know nothing at all about cricket. It is mainly for the people who have started to follow cricket through watching BBC television or listening to Sound broadcasts, and who still have only a rudimentary knowledge of the game. We hope that they will keep the book by their armchairs and refer to it when the occasion arises.