Perhaps the coaching manual of the century on the subject of cricket or even sports in general, the book offers the perfect formative guidance to both the aspiring junior as well as experienced senior, and is aimed at changing the brand of cricket played worldwide to one which is more professional, shrewd and mentally tough.  The book offers the perfect explanation and understanding of the game on a more technical and scientific plane and purports to improve your cricket by as much as 30% – 60%, Overnight! The father book or preceding book to the other 4 specialised manuals on batting, the book lays a good and solid foundation for the serious cricketer and gives the necessary grip and understanding required in order to absorb and engrain the ideas presented in the 4 sequel books.  Highly user friendly and comprehendible and a MUST read for the serious cricketer.  You will not look at the science behind batting and spin bowling in the same way again, and will within a space of hours, gain a full and accurate appreciation of the game of cricket and what it takes to succeed at the sport once and for all.  Key ideas of science behind cricket and what it takes to succeed at the sport are discussed and introduced on a technical level and the reader is supplied with thorough coaching in regards mental and physical aspect to the sport.  The theme of the book, as the authors quote, is to crack down on cricketers who let their talent down due to a lack of mental toughness, and is intended to change cricket from the grass roots levels and up worldwide.  Particularly important to the cricketers from minnow nations who may not have a scientific coach leading from the front.