On the eve of the arrival of the 2012 South Africans in England Martin looks back at their predecessors from the 1970s, who some would argue were the finest Test team ever assembled.
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Although he wasn’t an all time great by any means, Chris Tavare’s batting won’t be forgotten by those who sat through his career. In this feature Martin remembers the batsman and the man.
In this feature Martin looks back more than half a century to a bowling performance that will, almost certainly, never be equalled let alone bettered.
With the trademark white wristbands,the mini-rattle of his palms before delivery and his unique clapping and appealing followed by the vigorous hand-jiving celebration,Curtly Ambrose was indeed a sight to watch and left cricket lovers all around the world spell bound with some of his spells from hell. CW’s Ganesh Venkat captures five of his “in the zone” performances aka demolition jobs in Test matches.
In this feature Martin, with a bit of inspiration from Dave, takes a look at one of the subjects that always polarises opinions on the Crickweb forums.
At just 21 David Hookes briefly lit up the Centenary Test, but never fulfilled the expectations he created. In this feature Martin looks back at his career, and his tragic death in 2004.
110 years ago Fred Tate failed to hold a catch on which the loss of the Ashes was blamed. CW’s Dave Wilson looks into the story behind what has come to be known as “Tate’s Match”.
After Gareth’s reappraisal of West Indies tour of England in 1980 Martin looks back at the return encounter that took place in the Caribbean less than a year later.
With World Series Cricket disbanded,West Indies made their first post-Packer tour to England in 1980. Gareth Bland reappraises the tour.
Following the interest shown in “Racial Slur or Misunderstanding?” we are now able to publish what was, for David Frith, his final word on the controversy.