It was disaster downunder for India and there was a sense of resurgence and purpose in the Australian campaign. CW’s Angi.C and Ganesh Venkat rate the two sides.
Pakistan’s cricket is on the rise again. In this feature Martin tells the story of the Mohammad family, who played a crucial role in the nation’s cricketing development for 25 years.
Dave Wilson proposes a new way to look at domestic performance, focussing on the English County Championship during various eras.
After England’s double batting failure in Dubai there will doubtless be some who will champion the cause of Jonny Bairstow. In this feature Martin remembers his father, a cult hero if ever there was one.
In a BBC project first broadcast in 2002 Sir Winston Churchill was voted into first place in a poll to establish the 100 greatest Britons. Martin’s latest feature suggests that his vote might have gone elsewhere.
There is nothing like a 3-1 Ashes victory in Australia to help an Englishman forget the world’s economic woes. In this feature Martin tells the story of the man who made that scoreline possible in 1954/55.
Australian cricket has always produced some larger than life characters. In this feature Martin takes a look at the story of one of the most colourful of them.