{"product_id":"9780349000480-ball-of-the-century","title":"Ball of the Century","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe one delivery that changed modern Cricket .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engaging and entertaining account that focuses . on Warne's influence on English Test cricket' \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'The ball of the century needs a monument. Now it has one . All those who saw [Warne] in his pomp felt blessed and this book helps tell us why' the \u003ci\u003eCritic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe one delivery that changed modern cricket .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.\u003ci\u003e 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 .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNever, in all of cricket's history, has one delivery had such a devastating impact. The game can even be said to be split in two, either side of that moment. After Shane Warne's Ball of the Century, at Old Trafford on 4 June 1993, everything was changed. That burst of superior magic would haunt English cricket for the rest of the decade, as well as transforming the nature of the game - resurrecting the art of leg spin, and plaguing batsmen's dreams.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBall of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of cricket's most famous delivery, and the explosive power of its legacy. England would go on to lose every Ashes series that decade; by the summer of 1999, they were rated as the worst team in the world. It was only as a new century dawned that a brighter era began to surface, with the struggles of one decade spawning the redemption of the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this ride through nineties Britain, Ashes cricket, leg spin bowling, and the rise of a legend, \u003ci\u003eBall of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e explores how a single moment really can shape history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57918634819958,"sku":"9780349000480","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41516660_d558c178-840d-457f-885d-235af6c830f0.jpg?v=1780549451","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349000480-ball-of-the-century","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}