Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

Meticulous research does not, in isolation, make an interesting book, but there are plenty more plus points for Stephen Hill’s new book about early Somerset cricketers

In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of a man England regards as the archetypal Australian captain, Warwick Armstrong

Readers will have noticed long ago that at CricketWeb we are always willing to look outside the mainstream of cricket publishing, and Rick Smith’s latest project proves once again that it is a wise policy to do so

It is remarkable how some cricket watching experiences never dim in our minds – they are stories that should be shared, and David Battersby’s latest offering shows just how easy it is to do that

After the Book of the Year discussions we allowed Martin to reclaim his red rose tinted spectacles – we suspect he hasn’t taken them off since they were returned

Mudassar Nazar was an excellent counterbalance to the more precociously talented members of the excellent Pakistani side that Imran Khan led in the 1980s. In this feature Martin tells his story

Next week we announce our Book of the Year. Today we have something unusual; Martin reviewing a book published by the ACS that is not a volume in the ‘Lives in Cricket’ series

It’s that time of year again, and while there can be no doubt there are no fortunes to be made from writing or publishing cricket books, the state of the industry still seems to be healthy enough, certainly in terms of originality and variety.

In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of a man for whom the great bowlers of the 1950s and early 1960s were just a warm up act for the real challenges that lay ahead

We hope all our readers have been given a cricket book or three for Christmas, and end our reviews for 2016 with a look at the most recent addition to the ACS Lives in Cricket Series