Ball of the Century by Brendan Cooper - ISBN: 9780349000480
Hardcover
Warne’s legendary delivery reshaped cricket and haunted England for a decade.

Ball of the Century

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  • Hardcover

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    26 May 2026

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Summary

‘An engaging and entertaining account that focuses … on Warne’s influence on English Test cricket’ - *Country Life*

The one delivery that changed modern cricket …

the ball drifted further and further and further and then dropped, hitting the pitch well outside leg stump before turning at a brutal, impossible angle …

Never, in all of cricket’s history, has one delivery had such a devastating impact. The game can even be said to be split in tw…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349000480
ISBN-10:0349000484
Author:Brendan Cooper
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:26 May 2026
Weight:660g
Dimensions:234mm x 154mm x 38mm
About The Author

Brendan Cooper

Born in London’s East End, Brendan Cooper has published widely in the fields of literature and sport. He is the author of Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life (‘Convincing, entertaining, and philosophical’, Observer) and Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination (‘A glowing history of the romantic aspects of English cricket’, Daily Telegraph).

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