It’s back to Martin’s holiday reading this week, and a couple of men from the Golden Age – first up is one of England’s greatest ever fast bowlers
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After Australia’s unexpected defeat by Zimbabwe at the weekend Martin looks back almost fifty years to the day to an even more remarkable defeat for the men in the baggy green
Having a famous father is one of the greatest handicaps that a budding international sportsman can have. In this feature Martin tells the story of a man who, briefly, looked like he might throw off the shackles
Martin has been on holiday, and took with him a number of volumes in the ACS “Lives in Cricket” series – here is the second of five reviews
Martin has been on holiday, and took with him a number of volumes in the ACS “Lives in Cricket” series – here is the first of five reviews
The English domestic game is rarely a hotbed of turmoil, but it has had its moments, and in this feature Martin remembers one of the more divisive incidents
As the world remembers the beginning of the Great War we contribute our own tribute to those who fell by remembering the Test cricketers who lost their lives in the conflict
Recent generations do not have a monopoly on cricketers with opaque personalities, and in this feature Martin takes a look at one of the better known examples
The stellar performances don’t always come fron the greats – in this feature Martin tells the story of Denis Atkinson’s finest hour
This week Martin takes a look into the back catalogue of the ACS Lives in Cricket series which, as ever, seems to have proved a worthwhile exercise