The game moves on, and wicketkeepers come and go. Alan Knott last played for England more than thirty years ago but, for Martin, he is still the best there has been.
Sometimes it takes a while, in this case more than 35 years, but just occasionally we have to concede that long held beliefs, even prejudices, were mistaken.
Gareth Bland recalls one of the most fascinating limited overs tournaments of the 1980s. Only one week long, the Perth Challenge featured England, Australia, Pakistan and West Indies.
In this feature Martin tells the remarkable story of Sydney Barnes, a true all time great.
In a not dissimilar piece to that concerning Archie Jackson, in this feature Martin looks at the equally short life of another very promising young Australian batsman, Karl Schneider.
Had he ever enjoyed full fitness, and not died at such a tragically early age, Archie Jackson would surely have gone on to be one of the great batsmen.
Available now! A new totally free T20 cricket game from the
developer behind Cricket Coach 2012!
With South Africa now at the summit of the international game, Gareth Bland looks back to the country’s darkest episode since its re-admittance to the fold almost twenty-one years ago
In this feature Martin ends his tribute to the three Ws with a look at the life and times of the last survivor of the famous trio.
Trickstar and 505 Games have today announced a new cricket
game, Ashes Cricket 2013 to be licensed by Cricket Australia
and the ECB.