To accompany Martin’s post on the subject of CLR James we are republishing an article from 2013, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his most famous book
Creating the perfect fantasy cricket team is only one of the steps necessary to win. What you need is skill and information is your best friend here. Fantasy cricket forms a massive part of the $2 billion industry and so it’s the person or team with the most points after a match has been played to be announced as the winner.
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