Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

We’ve been a little slow off the mark with this one, but better late than never

It was less than a lifetime ago, but the life and cricket career of one of the lesser members of a famous English cricketing family cannot have been more different to the lot of today’s professional sportsmen. In this feature Martin tells the story of Geoff Edrich

A book about the most turbulent period in the history of the best known of England’s county clubs has been due for a while now and, from Martin’s review, it seems it has been worth waiting for

Although he never played Test cricket Colin Ingleby-McKenzie is one of the most interesting post-war English cricketer. In this feature Martin tells his story

Last week Brendon McCullum bade his farewells to international cricket and in doing so made history – 11,000 miles away from the action Martin finally realised what a credit to the game he was

A cricket book like no other this week and, it seems from Martin’s review, very definitely a ‘must read’

The highest batting average in Test history belongs to Trinidadian Andy Ganteaume who died yesterday at 95. By way of a tribute to one of the game’s most famous cameo performance we are republishing a feature that first appeared in 2009, with the title “Better than Bradman?”

Something different this week, as Martin looks back at a couple of unusual Australian items from the 1960s that share a title, an author and a lofty status amongst collectors

Either Doug Wright’s figures don’t tell the whole truth about his talents, or Sir Donald Bradman was prone to exaggeration. In this feature Martin takes a look behind the numbers

This week Martin reviews the latest book in the ACS ‘Lives in Cricket’ series