Dave returns after a three-year hiatus with a new feature exploring the ICC player ratings and asks if the old-time greats are being fairly treated.
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This weekend Dave Wilson lends his support to the review team with a timely look at a biography of one of the leading candidates for the title of the greatest of all West Indian sportsmen
This is one Martin has already reviewed and, as per his recommendation Dave Wilson has cast his analytical eye over what is a most unusual offering
Dave revisits a book previously reviewed by Martin, with perhaps a slightly more analytical eye, on a revision of one of the most famous numbers in sport, Bradman’s Test average
When most England cricket fans think of 2005, their thoughts turn immediately to the great Ashes series which took place during the British summer of that year. However, in the preceding South African summer, Marcus Trescothick gave us a taste of things to come in Johannesburg. In Masterly Batting, author James Mettyear recalled the events leading to what the creators of that book determined to be the seventh best Test century of all time, and CricketWeb is proud to feature that essay in its entirety.
In his final feature, Dave wraps up the investigation of important runs in Test cricket and brings the study up to date by looking in detail at 100 or so batsmen who debuted between Justin Langer and Jonny Bairstow.
Following on from Martin’s piece on Big Hitting,, guest writer Patrick Ferriday provides some insight to other cricketing myths.
Hobbsy: A life in Cricket – the biography of former England, Essex and Glamorgan leg spinner Robin Hobbs – by Rob Kelly, was published in 2018 by Von Krumm Publishing. Cricketweb is delighted to feature an extract from Rob’s fine book.
In this third review of the top batsmen’s important runs in Test crickets, Dave looks at the next one hundred players from Viv Richards to Andy Flower, while defending Chris Broad against Matthew Engel.
In this second review of the top batsmen’s important runs in Test crickets, Dave looks at the next one hundred players from Peter May to Sunil Gavaskar, while revealing exactly what he has in common with John Edrich.