Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

This week the blog returns, with a look at the life, times and solitary book of an England bowler of the 1920s

Martin tells us this is a wholly objective and unbiased review of a booklet which, it just so happens, is about Lancashire cricket

This new biography may sound like an obscure one, but for anyone interested in the history of the game it is well worth a second look

In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of a South African wicketkeeper batsman who was tragically cut down in his prime, 85 years ago

Here we have a new publication on Barry Richards which, unsurprisingly, Martin seems to have much enjoyed

He may take pride in his Lancashire roots, but Martin still seems to take a great interest in cricketing events on the other side of the Pennines

We are pleased to advise all the Stephen Chalke aficianados out there who were concerned about his retirement that our hero has given us an encore, and here it is

Here we have a title with a subject matter well outside the mainstream of cricket literature, and it is one that Martin much enjoyed

This week Martin reviews a new edition of one of the classic cricketing biographies, one that he first read more years ago than he cares to count

A cricket book from a statistician has the potential to be rather dull, but we are pleased to report that this one certainly doesn’t merit that description