As he is celebrating Archie has been a little self-indulgent this week, but in light of the inevitable lack of sleep he is forgiven – many congratulations to him and Mrs Mac.
This week Archie reviews the autobiography of the man who began his Test career opening the Australian batting with Arthur Morris, and ended it by doing so with Bill Lawry.
In the week before our feature looking forward to 2012 is due Archie has decided to do some appraisals – fortunately Martin and David both seem to have passed.
This week Archie strays into the frequently disappointing world of cricket fiction, but he chooses some classic writing which he is happy to recommend.