Martin is one of the many who continues to be fascinated by the ‘Bodyline’ series, so it came as no surprise that he much enjoyed this new biography of Douglas Jardine
CRICKET BOOKS
This weekend the Mac takes a look at a biography of one of cricket’s polymaths
Cricket and politics are often inextricably linked, but usually uneasy bedfellows, as this interesting new book demonstrates
Pat Rodgers book about Jack Cuffe is yet further proof, if such were needed, that a long Test career is not a pre-requisite for a good cricketing biography
CricketWeb favourite Bill Francis has just published a new book, a memoir of New Zealand all-rounder Bruce Taylor. It seems that Martin was not disappointed
As he always does our resident Lancastrian has snaffled our copy of the latest offering Red Rose Books. Is it up to the publisher’s usual standard?
The Mac has been reading a long awaited biography of Neil Harvey, written by former Australian off spinner Ashley Mallett
The ACS have published an absolute belter here – we do hope that they have printed enough copies to go round!
The literature of the game has been lacking a book on the rise of cricket in Ireland for some time, but the wait is now over
David Battersby’s latest monograph has a somewhat left field but nonetheless interesting subject, rather like all the others in fact