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
Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the first of two unofficial tours by a team of West Indian cricketers to apartheid South Africa – were they judged too harshly?
The best “chinaman” bowler the game of cricket has seen is also a one of the sport’s most interesting characters. In this feature Martin tells his story
There are just a few cricketers who need no introduction, and a certain Yorkshire born fast bowler is one. In this feature Martin records his impressions of one of the greats