This week the blog returns, with a warning from history on the subject of cricketers allowing others to write for newspapers on their behalf
Martin Chandler - ARTICLES
It has been a while since we had a new book from India, but Gulu Ezekiel and Vijay Lokapally have brought us a title that was well worth the wait
It may not be obvious from the review, but here at CricketWeb Towers we believe this is Martin’s way of complaining about the recent absence of new publications from the Sussex Cricket Museum
This week we have a review of another excellent biography from Australia, and we understand it will not be the last this year
It’s been a long time coming, but it seems that at long last the real Ted Dexter has spoken
It must be at least a month since Martin reviewed a book that features Lancashire cricket, so this one was probably overdue
The way Martin has been rattling on about this one over the last few days you would be forgiven for thinking he believes it is the best book he has ever read
An unusual item here, and one which, apparently, even Martin’s wife much enjoyed looking through
In this feature Martin tells the unusual story of Paul Gibb, a wicketkeeper batsman for England, Essex and Yorkshire who later became a First Class umpire
As we continue to live through difficult and uncertain times The Final Innings serves as a timely reminder that we are not the first to have done so