In this feature Martin looks back on the career of the man who was at the helm when, in the eyes of Englishmen at least, the character of New Zealand cricket changed forever
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Authors revisiting their defining work with the benefit of a couple of decades hindsight and further consideration almost always produces a worthwhile second edition, and Ashley Mote’s story of the Hambledon club is no exception
As Martin approaches the end of his series of features on bowlers who were called for throwing he looks at Geoff Griffin, almost certainly guilty, but shabbily treated nonetheless
For Kent and Country is another product of the upsurge in interest that the centenary of its commencement created in the Great War, and a fine book it is too
One of the first of the to be no balled from square leg in the 1950s Cuan McCarthy is a convicted chucker, but after weighing the evidence Martin is far from convinced
In this feature Martin tells the story of another man who was no-balled for throwing but, this time, one who seems to have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice
Shortly before the 2015 campaign begins Stephen Chalke has produced a masterful tribute to the longest running domestic competition in the world, the County Championship
It looks like we have an early candidate for our Book of the Year award as the game finally gets a biography of one of the greatest of all the Springboks
Back in 2009 one of Martin’s first features on CricketWeb was about Ian Meckiff. In the coming weeks he will be revisiting a topic that has always interested him, and begins with a look at Charlie Griffith
Not all record holders are famous, as Martin’s feature about the man who, by a distance, holds the record for the most First Class catches by an Australian amply demonstrates