There may not yet be any prospect of any actual cricket this summer, but for those who enjoy reading about the game 2020 looks like being a vintage one
CRICKET BOOKS
Lancashire again, and a booklet celebrating a very special win for the Red Rose against their greatest rivals
Will Colin Shindler’s book prove to be the definitive account of the ‘Stop The Seventy Tour’? In about three weeks time we should know the answer
We haven’t had a five star book for a while, but from Martin’s review this one certainly seems to be well worth our top ranking
There is no county cricket at the moment and unlikely to be any for a few weeks yet, but that doesn’t prevent supporters talking and writing about their counties
In this review Martin looks at the first of three books that are going to be published in the coming weeks to mark the passing of half a century since the cancellation of the 1970 South African tour
Regular readers will have noticed that we review a disproportionate number of books and booklets about Lancashire cricket, and here we have another one.
North of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Durham lies Scotland and, contrary to the expectations of some, those Celts have quite a cricketing heritage
Martin does choose to review some obscure stuff at times, but there’s nothing to be gained by telling him that – we find it easiest just to let him get on with it
This week we are delighted to be able to post a guest review from David Kelly, friend of Cricketweb and, back in the 1960s, a respected contributor to ‘The Cricket Quarterly’