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The Cambridge Companion to Cricket by Anthony Bateman and Jeffrey Hill

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September 2011, no. 334

The Cambridge Companion to Cricket by Anthony Bateman and Jeffrey Hill

Cambridge University Press, $34.95 pb, 308 pp

The Cambridge Companion to Cricket by Anthony Bateman and Jeffrey Hill

by
September 2011, no. 334

A book’s title should indicate its subject and, even better, its approach to its subject. Basic dictionaries define a companion as one who ‘accompanies another’, is an ‘associate in’, or a ‘sharer of’. A secondary definition is a ‘handbook or reference book’; a thing that ‘matches another’. I anticipate that a book called a ‘Companion’ will be company, will allow me to associate, to share, refer, and be matched as though with a real-life companion; a partner. Given that the book is published by a major university press, it is expected that the companion may be more of a mentor than a guide, but still present information in a lively, accessible style.

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