Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

April22

Wisden 2019 – A Small Complaint

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This year’s Wisden is as good as ever, but there is a concern about one of our favourite parts of the most famous annual in sport

April21

Rosey

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Two five star books in as many weeks is certainly a first, and not a decision that was taken lightly, but we feel we have a responsibility to tell it how it is

April21

The Greatest Season

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A book to bring back happy memories for Warwickshire supporters, but this splendid reminder of how the English domestic game worked before the advent of T20 should be of much wider appeal

April21

Rupert Webb – Goodbye Old Friend

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Rupert Webb was an old fashioned wicketkeeper. He was no mug with the bat, but as he never did quite manage a First Class fifty he couldn’t be considered an all-rounder in the modern sense. His glove work was nonetheless of sufficient quality to see him as his county’s first choice for the best part […]

April07

Boyhood Hero

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Two new books have emerged from the pen of Max Bonnell in as many months, and it seems this one is every bit as enjoyable as the last