Martin has spent the last few weeks searching for news about the books we can expect to see in 2011, and some that sneaked under the CricketWeb radar in 2010.
The final part of our series brings us up to 2009 and shows that, despite tour books generally being a thing of the past, Ashes series are as popular in print as ever.
In this feature we look at England’s tour of Pakistan in 1968/69. The cricket played was not particularly memorable, but in every other respect the tour was a remarkable one.
Ashes series have more literature dedicated to their history then any other international contest in the world. Over the coming weeks we will review the Ashes tour books. We start with 1882 to 1914
Although it has been a while since Stephen Chalke’s last book appeared it seems from Martin’s review that, like Sachin Tendulkar’s batting, his writing is as good as ever.
A failure to prepare is a suggestion that has been levelled at England in series gone by, this time they appear to have been more thorough, will it be the difference?
With that time of year bearing down on us again Martin and David have been looking at a book that may well prove to be a popular gift for the cricket lover
In our last “Ashes Flashback” before the battle starts Martin goes back a quarter of a century. In doing so he has discovered that England will be retaining the Ashes with a famous victory