Martin’s counties in print series returns this week and carries where it left off in June, with Northamptonshire

This weekend is the first in July, so time for Martin’s twice yearly summing up of recent and forthcoming books and related waffle

Despite the sport being incredibly popular in many of the most populous countries in the world, cricket continues to be one of the most innovative ones. There have been a number of variations of the game to have been created throughout its history, with the likes of the T20 format having grown into something many may have found unimaginable when it was first introduced.

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This week our look at the counties in print reaches the home of the metropolitan elite, Middlesex

This week the counties in print series returns to the East Midlands, and Leicestershire

Click here to read more about cricket’s latest changes, including a growing emphasis on the third umpire, and how the sport can manage profound change.

Cricket tournaments in India are some of the biggest sporting events in the country and have become an irreplaceable part of Indian culture.

Unsurprisingly this is by some distance the longest yet in this series, and that despite Martin claiming to have omitted many titles he might have included!

AJ Evans is one of the many men to have won but a single Test cap for England – to mark the centenary of the match Martin pays tribute to a remarkable man