Can incidents from cricket’s history form the basis of a mainstream television drama? It appears so, although strict adherence to the known facts seems not to be compulsory.
In the great Australian sides of the 2000s, the contribution Damien Martyn made was often unjustly overlooked.
Our final piece marking Ricky Ponting’s retirement comes from David Mutton, an Englishman in New York.
Our series of features on Ricky Ponting continues with Martin’s thoughts on the newly retired Australian captain.
Over the next few days three CricketWeb writers, from varying locations across the cricket world, will be posting their reflections on the great man. An Australian, naturally, starts us off.
Was Sir Ian Botham’s record against West Indies quite as bad as it looks on paper? In this feature Gareth Bland weighs up the evidence.
In the 1960s fielding standards were well down on those of today, with a few notable exceptions. Here Martin looks at the career of Colin Bland, undoubtedly the best of his time.
In this feature Martin examines the career of the Indian batsman whose overall First Class average is second only to the Don.
An assessment of the career batting impact for Bradman and Lara.
Big Ant Studios have released a video introducing TableTop
Cricket which is due for release in early 2013.