There are not many areas of cricket history that have not received detailed treatment in book form before, and the publication of this book by Barry Nicholls means that there is now one less
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After a summer in which Pakistan have played impressively to share the Test series in England Martin remembers one of his favourite Pakistani cricketers of the 1970s, Asif Iqbal Razvi
In this feature Martin gives some thought to a question that has troubled cricket lovers ever since Donald Bradman came into the game
In case regular readers have detected a hint of bias Martin has promised that this is the last book about a Lancashire cricketer he will review ‘for a while’
Martin is adept at tracking down unusual books, especially ones with a Lancashire connection, and this story of a unique piece of memorabilia is a good example
Cricket is played the world over, but rarely written about beyond the Test playing countries so Roy Morgan’s look at many of the game’s less well known participants is a welcome one
A somewhat disingenuous title, doubtless calculated to attract interest from the sub-continent, doesn’t alter the fact that the background story of Sachin’s arrival at Headingley in 1992 is an interesting one
This week’s book is the fourth cricketing biography that former Hampshire player and schoolmaster Andy Murtagh has written in recent years, but despite appearing only a year after his life of Barry Richards there is no let up in quality
A variation on a not uncommon theme this week, and a worthwhile exercise from a former editor of The Wisden Cricketer
As the 2016 Sri Lankans leave England after a slightly disappointing visit Martin looks back to the first time the country’s cricketers made an impact here