England saw all too little of a fit and firing Shoaib Akhtar – Martin looks back at what we did see of a man whose bowling he would have liked to have seen more of.
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After a patchy showing in the World Cup so far there can be no better way for England fans to brighten up a grey March day than by reading Gideon Haigh on the magical events of Boxing Day 2010.
It must be a very special book for Martin and Archie to agree on a 5 star rating – but then Ashes 2011 is written by Gideon Haigh.
In ten days time it will be exactly 30 years since Kenny Barrington passed away. In this feature Martin pays tribute to a man he believes history has short-changed.
A change of emphasis for our second book this week as Martin reviews an umpire’s story.
After last week’s look at the Cricketweb Uncapped XI Martin has turned his mind to the best of those many players with just a single Test appearance to their name.
Due to a small backlog we will be putting up two reviews this week so please come back in a few days, when we will look at another recently published book.
The object of the exercise is to select a team from all those who have played the game, but never at Test level. Can anyone improve on Martin’s selection?
As the 10th World Cup begins we have an extract from a new book dealing with what some might argue was the first ever World Cup, back in 1912.
We like our cricket history here on the review team, and Patrick Ferriday has provided us with a real treat this week.