After a couple of false starts Martin has finally completed his post on John Nyren’s famous book
In this post Martin revisits the life of one of his favourite cricket people, this time armed with some material that has not previously seen the light of day
No blog on the subject of cricket literature could maintain credibility for too long without looking at the work of John Arlott, hence this week’s post
The passing of the mercurial Abdul Qadir is sad news for cricket. Six years ago Martin penned a feature about him, and now seems like an appropriate time to restore that to the site’s home page
In a change from the advertised episode we have a piece about CB Fry’s writing. The promised look at John Nyren remains in the course of preparation
A long look at a cricket publisher again this week, and this time it is the turn of The Cricket Publishing Company
In this feature Martin looks back at the career of one of Australia’s most effective medium fast bowlers, Terry Alderman
In 1864 two cricket annuals began. The modest potboiler of the two is still with us 155 years on. This post looks at the competition, a weighty work of reference that fell by the wayside after just a single edition
The Ashes may be a well-known and highly anticipated event in cricket for some, but for others – specifically those outside of England and Australia, the matches are less than noteworthy. If not rarely heard of.
This week Martin rounds off his series of posts on England’s Test series with a look at the books inspired by contests with Pakistan since 1954