June23 Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes by: Martin Chandler A step back in time to 1961, and a riveting account of a dramatic Ashes Test
June23 True to the Spirit of Cricket by: Martin Chandler This one is a celebration of the life of a New Zealander who gave much to cricket in many capacities
June16 County Cricket Matters Issue 19 by: Martin Chandler This week was one for Martin’s quarterly treat, a new issue of County Cricket Matters
June16 The Bird O’ Freedom Portrait Gallery of Golden Age Cricketers by: Martin Chandler It is difficult to summarise this one, other than to say it was an excellent idea, and has been very well done
June09 A Schoolboy’s Cricketing Summer: Having The Time of my Life by: Martin Chandler This one is a nostalgic look at Lancashire cricket, so no prizes for guessing who enjoyed reading it
June02 Salim Durani: The Prince of Indian Cricket by: Martin Chandler Biographies of Indian cricketers from the 1960s are rare birds, but after this one they will hopefully become more common
June02 Playing to Fix by: Martin Chandler A recent perspective on an old problem is the subject of Paul Radley’s first book
May26 Almost Invincible by: Martin Chandler In 1984 England lost each of the five Tests in a home series against West Indies and now, forty years on, we have a book on the series
May26 Getting Out by: Martin Chandler Few will be familiar with cricket in the Ukraine, which is just one of several reasons why this book should be widely read
May19 Cricket in Poetry by: Martin Chandler If anyone is looking forward to an anthology of cricketing poetry, this one isn’t it