Despite the burden of a decade of Tory misrule there were some things in the 1980s that could take Martin’s thoughts away from the subject of how to change the world. Foremost amongst them was David Gower’s batting
In this feature Martin looks back at the life and times of a fine West Indian opening batsman, Jeff Stollmeyer, whose contributions at the top of the batting order were vital to the first great West Indian team
In which Neville Cardus celebrates both his birthday and the impending visit of the West Indian Test team.
It is remarkable how strong some memories remain despite the passing of almost half a century – one of Martin’s most vivid recollections is of the batting of Zaheer Abbas at Edgbaston in the summer of 1971
In the days when it was possible to so Stanley Jackson had careers in business, politics and soldiering as well as cricket. In this feature Martin tells his story
Largely forgotten today, between the wars Alan Kippax was one of Australia’s leading batsmen
This latest review of the sports magazine World Sports sees Neville Cardus writing on Bradman’s farewell tour in 1948.
Still a candidate for the accolade of England’s finest post war batsman, Peter May is the subject of Martin’s latest feature
Although he won’t come out and say so some of us at CricketWeb suspect Martin believes that James Vince’s first Ashes trip is going to be reminiscent of Tip Foster’s memorable visit to Australia in 1903. Why else would he choose now to write about the man who still holds the record for the highest Test score by an Englishman in Australia?