This one won’t appeal to all, but those who are interested in the history of Indian cricket have a real treat in store
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In 1864 two cricket annuals began. The modest potboiler of the two is still with us 155 years on. This post looks at the competition, a weighty work of reference that fell by the wayside after just a single edition
Several months after it was published Martin has finally got round to assessing the merits of a celebration of Surrey’s 2018 County Championship triumph
This one is a biography of a loyal county pro of the 1950s and 1960s. No one at CricketWeb is surprised that Martin seems to have thoroughly enjoyed it
The latest book from Pitch is a lesson in the game’s history, which brings its reader back to the twenty first century in its final chapter
This week Martin rounds off his series of posts on England’s Test series with a look at the books inspired by contests with Pakistan since 1954
Franklyn Stephenson was in the Skysports Pod last night in order to publicise his new book which, it seems from Martin’s review, is well worth investing in
In this post Martin takes a look at a famous book from 1912
It has taken almost half a century since his passing, but it seems that the definitive biography of cricket literature’s most complex character has finally been written
There are two JWs whose activities lie close to the hearts of all cricketing bibliophiles – the first of them is now up to his 156th edition, but in purely numerical terms is still some way behind the second, who has just completed his double century