Although he doesn’t say so, we get the impression that Martin rather hopes that in a week’s time Justin Parkinson’s second book will prove to be a chapter short
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Despite the twin distractions of a fine series against New Zealand and a forthcoming Ashes rematch Martin has still found the time to put together his twice yearly overview of new books
It looks like being an interesting summer for England as they attempt to compete on equal terms with Australia once more, so Martin looks back at another series in which they were expected to struggle, but which turned out to be the most famous Ashes series of them all
India’s greatest ever all-rounder? Most will put forward the name of Kapil Dev and then search in vain through those who came later, but maybe the real competition is a man from the disappointing years of Indian cricket after the Second World War
Geoff Wellsteed’s little book tells me my home town of Reading, Berkshire, twenty odd miles from West London, has produced as many as 26 First Class cricketers. There are some big names amongst the 26 as well. The spine of the Surrey side that won seven consecutive County Championships in the 1950s came from a […]
For anyone who lives within reasonable travelling distance of Oxfordshire this is an event that should not be missed
His name is sometimes overlooked when the great West Indian batsmen are discussed, but Rohan Kanhai was one of the very best. In this feature Martin tells his story
It has been a while since we reviewed a book from the ACS Lives in Cricket series, so Martin has been tasked with reading their most recent offering
The fastest bowler who ever lived? Almost certainly not, but as he fades further into history the story of Charles Kortright deserves an airing, and in this feature Martin obliges
This week, after his recent excursions into mass market titles, Martin reviews a book that is not, by definition, ever going to be a bestseller