This week brings a second five star book in a month for Martin as John Wisden and Co publish another fascinating piece of historical research
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In the third, but not quite final part of his feature on the Holy Trinity, Martin tells the story of offspinner Erapalli Prasanna
In the second part of his feature on the Holy Trinity Martin tells the story of the mercurial wrist spinner, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Eager anticipation can sometimes lead to disappointment but not, it would seem, on this occasion
A series of three features on India’s famous spin bowling triumverate on the 1960s and 1970s begins with slow left armer Bishan Bedi
Ewen Chatfield, aka Mer, Charlie or plain old Chats, is one of New Zealand’s most enduring cricketing characters. In this feature Martin looks back at his time in the game
With more comebacks than Frank Sinatra, Ted Dexter kept the back pages in business for almost forty years. In this feature Martin looks back at his life and times.
Something unusual this week, and with not too many copies to go round early ordering is essential if disappointment is to be avoided
Although it is not widely available outside New Zealand this biography of that nation’s finest uncapped cricketer would appear to be an excellent book
As England’s World T20 campaign unexpectedly takes off Martin recalls a cricketer from the 1970s who, in his prime, would have relished the game’s shortest format