In this feature Martin looks at the career of Polly Umrigar, a fine batsman but with a reputation, perhaps undeserved, as a poor player of fast bowling
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A disproportionate number of our five star books have come from just one small publisher, and with the autobiography of Fred Rumsey Fairfield Books have come up with another outstanding title
In his latest limited edition booklet Dave Battersby rescues a long forgotten New Zealand tourney from obscurity
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
Heir to Adventure amounts to the autobiography of a man who captained Kent for a single summer and played one Test for England in 1921, which is the reason why we are reviewing a book with less than a page of cricket content
Big hitting is the great thrill of cricket’s shorter formats, so who is the longest striker of a cricket ball of them all? In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of Charles Thornton a man who, on the face of matters at least, still has a claim to that title
It is more than seventy years since Don Bradman played his last Test innings, and approaching twenty years since his passing, but the interest in his remarkable batting record shows no sign of diminishing. This week Martin reviews the latest in a very long line of books published on the subject of ‘The Don’
He had a surgeon to thank for being able to celebrate his 29th birthday, yet more than half a century later Nari Contractor is alive and well and, occasionally, still available for comment
In the last few years Durham have been a troubled county, and this week Martin reviews a new book that tells the story of what has gone wrong
A new review being posted other than on a Sunday? A book has to be a very special publication indeed to get that sort of treatment