Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

May02

A Life Well Lived

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In this feature Martin looks at the, judged by 21st century standards, extraordinary life of Lionel Tennyson

April22

Imperfect

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This week Martin reviews another autobiography of an Indian cricketer, and finds it is anything but just another autobiography by an Indian cricketer

April16

9-86 And All That

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As a breed fast bowlers generally seem to be much more interesting characters than those who specialise in other cricketing disciplines. Pakistan’s 1970s paceman Sarfraz Nawaz is a typical example

April15

Ambassadors of Goodwill

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It has been a while now since we had a new cricket book from Pitch Publishing, but this review of England’s Test tours in the quarter century after the Second World War is right up to their usual high standard

April06

Lance Gibbs

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It is more than forty years since West Indies were able to field a top class spin bowler and it seems unlikely that situation will change in the near future. In this feature Martin profiles the last man to merit the description

April01

Scotland v Australia

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Next week we will be reviewing an important new biography, but for today Martin has been looking at a couple of rather more obscure items. The second is essentially a match programme, but a very collectable and wide ranging one