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THE PICTU RE OFCRICKET\n\nJohn Arlott,the well-knownwriter and radio commentatoron cricket,develops in this bookthe theory that cricket hasreflected the social life of itstime.His theory is supported bya selection of reproductions ofscenes from matches as well asportraits of players,of Englishsocial life,and the developmentof the game itself.The platesrange from the work of greatartists such as Rowlandson to thecartoon and cigarette card repre-sentations of famous cricketers;but however varied talents,methods,and themes have been,there is everywhere the samedelight in the game  \nTHE KING PENGUIN BOOKS  \nTHE PICTURE OF CRICKET  \n100  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n\n\n| THE PICTU RE OF  \u003Cbr>CR ICK E T  \u003Cbr>BY JOHN ARLOTT  \u003Cbr>PENGUIN BOOKS  \u003Cbr>M CMLV   |\n| --- |\n\nTHE KING PENGUIN BOOKS  \nEDITOR:N.B.L.PEVSNER  \nTECHNICAL EDITOR:R,B.FISHENDEN  \nPUBLISHED BY PENGUIN BOOKS LTD  \nHARMONDswORTH,MIDDLESEX,ENGLAND  \nTEXT PAGES PRINTED BY  \nR.AND R.CLARK LTD,EDINBURGH  \ncoLOUR PLATES MADE AND PRINTED BY  \nJOHN SWAIN AND s0N8 LTD,BARNET  \ncoVER DESIGNED BYLYNTON LAMB  \nMADE IN GREAT BRITAIN  \nFIRST PUBLISHED  \nTHE AME ①E CRICKET  \nis not easily defined.'Casting a ball at three straight sticks anddefending the same with a fourth’,although a poet's description,is,so far from being poetic,not even adequate.The world ofsport is a circumscribed one,but some of its empires have grownout beyond its normal limits.Cricket,like bull-fighting in Spainand,to a lesser degree,fox-hunting,boxing,horse-racing,and base-ball,has significance outside the field of its performance.Thesesports have produced art and literature of their own;their lan-guage has passed into common usage.While their results belongwithin the confines of sport,their influence extends through thecommunity in which they are set.  \nCricket is,perhaps,of them all the least susceptible of preciseanalysis.Its history is both long and wide.The game was certainlyplayed in England three hundred years ago:it has been played inAustralia,South Africa,New Zealand,India,Pakistan,the WestIndies,and-on a humbler plane of performance but with somesocial impact-in Central Africa,Hong Kong,Malaya,Denmark,Egypt,the Argentine,Holland,the U.S.A.,'Canada,Ceylon,Fiji,and Corfu.It is taught in all the major British public schools,andstumps may be seen chalked on countless slum walls.A survey ofeminent cricketers would include statesmen,generals,barristers,peers,novelists,painters,music-hall entertainers,miners,farm-labourers,professional boxers,policemen,publicans.  \nIt is a game complicated enough to be a science-or a joke;  \ncompetitive enough to be an epic-or futile;compelling enough  \nto be mania-or anathema.In short,it is such a blend of ceremony  \n5  \nand slapstick,tragedy and humour,greatness and insignificanceas to be completely human.  \nThe game was once illegal;later it was regarded as corrupt,and,more recently,it has been labelled as smug or snobbish.It mayreasonably be argued that Test Match cricket is as complex andskilful a game as any ever devised.On the other hand,manythousands of men equally entitled with Test players to be de-cribed as 'cricketers'perform it so indifferently as to play,byechnical standards,barely the same game as that ofa Test Match.The great centres of cricket have been,in turn,rural and urban,the private grounds of great estates and huge public stadiums.Women are specifically excluded even from entering the pavilionsof many clubs,yet teams of women cricketers from England,Australia,and New Zealand periodically travel across the worldo play against one another.Miniature ‘cricket sets'suitable forchildren of five years are extensively marketed;meanwhile,menhave continued to play on the highest level into their fifties and,to a standard only slightly lower,far into old age.Some fastbowlers have been physical giants:many great players,however,have been physically frail.One international bowler had a glasseye,and a number of fine batsmen have worn spectacles  \nOfsuch width are the historical,","cbCaivCCniyNFMhD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivCCniyNFMhD","pdf",3170708,56,"English","# Introduction\n## Cricket as social life and history\n## Geographic reach and cultural variety\n## The human blend of ceremony and humour","[{\"question\":\"What argument does John Arlott develop in this book about cricket?\",\"answer\":\"He develops the theory that cricket has reflected the social life of its times, supported by illustrations and player portraits.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of materials support the book’s theory?\",\"answer\":\"It uses reproductions of match scenes and portraits of players, alongside examples tied to English social life and the game’s development.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text explain cricket’s global presence?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that cricket was played in many regions including England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, the West Indies, and other places, with 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