Archie’s second selection from Martin’s preview is an entertaining if contentious trip through the history of the international game
CRICKET BOOKS
Archie must have had an advance look at Martin’s New Years Day feature, as he has already read and reviewed two of the books – here is the first, the biography of a man from his favourite era
A New Year dawns so Martin has had his bi-annual look around some recent releases and tried to find out what we can expect from cricket publishers in 2016
Four years after his death we finally have a version of the Peter Roebuck story – was it worth the wait? and will it be the last?
In this review Martin looks at a recent addition to the ACS ‘Lives In Cricket’ series
The sad passing of Richie Benaud earlier this year brought renewed interest in his own books, and has also produced a number of new collections of writings by or about the former Australian skipper – Archie’s review tells us that the content of this one lives up to the expectation created by the quality of its cover
Captains of both England and Australia are ultimately judged on their record in the Ashes; the late Mike Denness was no exception
Christmas is always a good time to sell anthologies, and this one has an impeccable pedigree
If anyone is looking for ideas for Christmas presents for a cricket tragic forget the major publishers. The real gems this year are to be found in the lists of the small specialists like Max Books
Some unabashed nostalgia this week, always useful in the run up to Christmas