Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

Who would you pick for your All Time World XI? – it is a game we have all played, and which we can now play along with one hundred top players.

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

Sportsmen should confine their battles to the field of play and not fight them in a courtroom – in this feature we remind them all why that is sound advice.

An important new book, “The Victory Tests” by Mark Rowe, has just been published. In this feature, with the aid of an extract from the book, we look back at English cricket in 1945.

An important new book by Mark Rowe has just been published. Martin and David have both been reading it and, it seems, they were not disappointed.

This week Martin looks at a book published last year in Alec Stewart’s name. It’s fair to say he wasn’t overly impressed, but did see some merit in it.

Once upon a time, many years ago, leg spinners were an integral part of English cricket. In this feature we examine what went wrong, when and why.

This week Martin looks at Charlie Griffith’s 1970 autobigraphy, as well as the contemporary review that prompted him to read it.

As Andrew Flintoff calls time on his cricket career we look back at what has been said about him in the past.