Festival gifting of a two-volume set of collector’s edition books on all the cricket World Cup tournaments from 1975 till date

 

With the festival season approaching in October and November, people are on the lookout for a gift that is unique and classy. This year the cricket World Cup is coinciding with the festivals of Dussehra and Diwali

Would it not be a great idea to present business associates, clients, relatives and friends a set of two volumes of collector's edition books on all the cricket World Cup tournaments from 1975 to 2019, with a preview of the World Cup 2023. You could present this panorama of the One-day cricket World Cup along with your personalised bookmark at a time when cricket frenzy will be at its height in India. The size of the bookmark will be 2 inches x 5.8 inches with colour printing on both sides.

The details of the books are as under: 

Volume 1: Cricket World Cup Odyssey 1975-2007 

(edition 2 of ‘The Big Book of World Cup Cricket’ with some modifications) 

Contents: 

Section 1 - Cricket World Cup: A Great Spectacle. This is a snapshot of each of the first nine tournaments played all round the globe, including review, the commercial aspect, sponsorship and prize money. 

Section 2 - Classic Matches. 49 of the most exciting matches. 

Section 3 - Memorable Performances. 51 brilliant individual feats by different players in various matches. 

Section 4 - Hall of Fame. Match-by-match World Cup performances of 75 top players who appeared in these nine tournaments, from Clive Lloyd to Sourav Ganguly, and also comprising interviews with Cup-winning captains Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.  

Section 5 - Scorecards of all the 303 matches in World Cup 1975 to 2007. 

Section 6 - Tailenders: sidelights, lighter moments and trivia. 

The piece-de-resistance is a handwritten letter of Sir Donald Bradman received by the author in 1999. 

There will be around 225 photographs from the world’s best photographers and agencies. It will be a book of about 424 pages, A-4 size, on art paper with hard cover and jacket. 

Volume 2: Cricket World Cup Hat-trick of Home Wins  

India 2011 # Australia 2015 # England 2019 

Contents: 

Section 1 - Cricket World Cup: A Great Spectacle. This is a snapshot of each of the last three tournaments, all won by the host nations India, Australia and England respectively, including review, the commercial aspect, sponsorship and prize money, and a look ahead to the World Cup 2023. 

Section 2 - Classic Matches. 28 of the most exciting matches. 

Section 3 - Memorable Performances. 36 brilliant individual feats by different players in various matches. 

Section 4 - Hall of Fame. Match-by-match World Cup performances of 75 top players who appeared in these three and earlier tournaments, from Sachin Tendulkar to Ben Stokes.  

Section 5 - Statistics and Records of all the 12 World Cup tournaments from 1975 to 2019. 

Section 6 - Scorecards of all the 146 matches in World Cup 2011, 2015 and 2019. 

Section 7 - Batting and Bowling Averages, and Fielding Records, of all the 1147 players who appeared in the World Cup from 1975 to 2019. 

Section 8 - Tailenders: sidelights, lighter moments and trivia. 

There will be around 150 photographs from the world’s best photographers and agencies. It will be a book of about 516 pages, A-4 size, on art paper with hard cover and jacket. 

These books are available in batches of 50 sets of two volumes. The cost of these is Rs. 4,375 per set, totalling Rs. 2,18,750 (Rupees Two Lakhs Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty) for 50 sets. Cost of transportation of the books beyond Delhi-NCR will be extra.

There are limited number of sets available, so please hurry. If you are interested, please email me at singh_iv@hotmail.com.