CRICKET BOOKS

Over the years we have learned that sometimes it is best to indulge Martin and not ask too many questions on those occasions his choice of books for review is a little, shall we say, left field?

As Archie points out in his review there are two versions of this book, the limited edition of which costs $1,000 – what he doesn’t tell us is which edition he has – is he trying to hide something from Mrs Mac?

Archie takes us back over half a century with this review, but it sounds like this tour book is still well worth reading

It will come as no surprise to those who recall his review of Somerset Cricketers 1882-1914 that Martin didn’t wait very long before reading its sequel

Martin has admitted that on Archie’s criteria he does get a gold, but only on the strength of one book – mind you he did add there are another nineteen he has read on that particular series

As always the approach of an Ashes series brings a rallying cry in Australia, and a look back at the country’s greatest son

We like to feature guest reviews when we can, and this week writer and bookseller Ken Piesse has kindly agreed to let us have his views on Christian Ryan’s latest

This week Martin looks at a potted history of cricket since 1946, culled from the correspondence that passed between Sir Donald Bradman and Jim Swanton

Archie is our resident expert on Victor Trumper, so a new book on the Australian legend had to be right up to the mark in order to impress him

A new book from Stephen Chalke is always one of the highlights of the publishing year, and his contribution to 2017 is certainly no exception