Ken ‘Slasher’ Mackay is not the most exciting player Australia has produced by any means, but today’s side would probably be glad of him. In this feature, with some help from CW’s esteemed elder statesman, Martin tells his story
Test cricket hasn’t always been a young man’s game, even in Australia, and in this feature Martin takes a look at the life and times of one of the oldest men to have appeared on the game’s biggest stage
In this feature Martin goes back well over a hundred years to tell the stories of two Lancashire batsmen, an opium addict and the famous poem that binds them together
It is now more than a quarter of a century since the South Africa was readmitted to Test cricket. In this feature Martin looks back at a fascinating match that, for a while, threatened one of the biggest shocks in the history of the game
In this feature Martin looks back at the life and times of Sydney Barnes’ nemesis, the South African batsman Herbie Taylor
The stories of the main characters in the ‘Bodyline’ story are amongst the best known in the history of the game. In this feature Martin concentrates on the life of Bill Voce, who played a crucial yet sometimes overlooked role in that dramatic series
In the real world everybody gets older as Anno Domini advances, but for all of us there are a few people who, in our mind’s eye, never age a day
Kolkata’s rich sporting heritage can be traced back to the 19th century and it was Norman Gilbert Pritchard, born in the city on 23 June 1875 who as per the official International Olympic Committee records was the first Indian to compete in the Olympics. Pritchard won silver in the 200 metres and 200 metres hurdles […]
This final part of Dave’s batting impact study combines the two previous features and confirms the most impactful Test batsmen of all time.
It’s no secret that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is keen that cricket, in the form of T20 be re-introduced into the Olympics and that standing in its way is the mighty Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a myriad of reasons. As most avid cricket fans are aware, cricket was played […]