In this feature Martin profiles Freddie Brown, the compatriot of Paddington Bear who led England to their first post war Test win over Australia, back in 1951
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“One of the most extraordinary men to have played Test cricket” is how Wisden described South Africa’s Bob Crisp. In this feature Martin tells the story
On their 1998 Test tour of Pakistan, Australia overcame absent key players, recent failures in Asia and a talented opponent to record their first Test series triumph in the country since 1959.
Ken ‘Slasher’ Mackay is not the most exciting player Australia has produced by any means, but today’s side would probably be glad of him. In this feature, with some help from CW’s esteemed elder statesman, Martin tells his story
Test cricket hasn’t always been a young man’s game, even in Australia, and in this feature Martin takes a look at the life and times of one of the oldest men to have appeared on the game’s biggest stage
In this feature Martin goes back well over a hundred years to tell the stories of two Lancashire batsmen, an opium addict and the famous poem that binds them together
It is now more than a quarter of a century since the South Africa was readmitted to Test cricket. In this feature Martin looks back at a fascinating match that, for a while, threatened one of the biggest shocks in the history of the game
In this feature Martin looks back at the life and times of Sydney Barnes’ nemesis, the South African batsman Herbie Taylor
The stories of the main characters in the ‘Bodyline’ story are amongst the best known in the history of the game. In this feature Martin concentrates on the life of Bill Voce, who played a crucial yet sometimes overlooked role in that dramatic series
In the real world everybody gets older as Anno Domini advances, but for all of us there are a few people who, in our mind’s eye, never age a day