Martin claims to have been a young man when Marcus Trescothick set off on his professional career, which is reason enough for him to feel some sadness at the decision to call it a day after more than a quarter of a century
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It’s that time of year again, and we have pleasure in presenting the twenty first edition of Martin’s bi-annual round up of new and forthcoming releases
Right now 2019 doesn’t look like being the ‘Year of the Bear’ on the field, but after Patrick Murphy’s recent effort this book at least means the county’s supporters are not short of good reading
Last year the ACS Lives in Cricket series featured its first female subject, the former England all-rounder Enid Bakewell
Genuinely quick left arm bowlers have always been rare, particularly so in England. In this feature Martin tells the story of one such man who, had he been blessed with a more equable temperament, might today be remembered as the best of the few
This post is the first in an occasional serious looking at some less well known, but undoubtedly worthy cricket writers
Some books should be purchased for reasons other than the quality of the writing they contain. This is one of them, but as Martin explains it has the added bonus of being an excellent read
Size isn’t everything, and the first in a series of booklets from Max Books demonstrates that is as true for cricket literature as it is in many other fields of human endeavour
Despite being a cricket correspondent throughout it is more than thirty years now since Vic Marks last authored a book. It seems however that this autobiography was well worth waiting for
For the second year running David Battersby has self-published a limited edition book about a Cheltenham cricketer to coincide with the town’s festival