The Mac having recently broken with tradition and reviewed a book about club cricket in Australia, Martin has had a look at one about the game in Scotland
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If the game’s bibliography were ever updated, which sadly seems increasingly unlikely, the compiler would find himself in a bit of a dilemma when it came to attributing a genre to this one
Jack Fingleton was a decent opening bat, a fine writer and a man of firm views. In this feature Martin tells his story
This one is strictly for tragics only but, if it appeals, is well worth tracking down
A good story is still a good story no matter how many times it has been told and, as Anindya Dutta’s book demonstrates, as long as it is written well there is no reason why it should not be told yet again
Better late than never Martin adds his views to the welter of praise that has already been heaped on one of the best received cricket books of 2018
Bradman was the greatest batsman who has ever played the game, but which of the 29 Test centuries was his best?
Readers outside Trinidad will struggle to find a copy of this one, but it can still be tracked down, and anyone seeking assistance to do so should email us at the usual address
For the first time in a number of years Martin has hit the between Christmas and New Year target for his twice yearly look at recent and forthcoming books, thus enabling him to go into 2019 with a clean disciplinary record
They sound like a firm of undertakers, and burying batsmen’s hopes was something Les Jackson and Cliff Gladwin did consistently through the 1950s