This book may be the last one to be published on the subject of cricketing casualties in the Great War, and if so it was certainly worth waiting for
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An Australian writer this week, as Martin takes a look at the timeless appeal of Ray Robinson
We haven’t reviewed a play before, but there is a first time for everything on this site, as long as it has some cricketing connection of course
No batsman from Trinidad has a higher Test batting average than Charlie Davis, but he is seldom remembered today. In this feature Martin tells his story
Every now and again cricket and baseball come together, and the latest limited edition from Red Rose Books looks back almost 150 years to one such occasion
Not many items of cricket literature merit being described as a coffee table book, but this one certainly does and, at the same time, manages to be a worthy addition to any cricket library
Martin continues his look at tour accounts with England’s clashes with West Indies
Martin claims to have been a young man when Marcus Trescothick set off on his professional career, which is reason enough for him to feel some sadness at the decision to call it a day after more than a quarter of a century
It’s that time of year again, and we have pleasure in presenting the twenty first edition of Martin’s bi-annual round up of new and forthcoming releases
Right now 2019 doesn’t look like being the ‘Year of the Bear’ on the field, but after Patrick Murphy’s recent effort this book at least means the county’s supporters are not short of good reading