Perhaps he didn’t turn out to be quite as good a batsman as his early career suggested he might become, but John Crawley certainly wasn’t helped by the way England teams were selected in the 1990s. In this feature Martin looks back at a career that might have disappointed at times, but which contained its share of highlights.
Nine years on a follow up to our first ever Book of the Year has been published, so we felt obliged to review it
The weather is getting warmer and, albeit in the UAE, the English season is beginning so, with much good cricket expected, what better place to start than a reminder that the season just gone was a pretty good one
Six Tyldesley’s have turned out for Lancashire, two brothers from Roe Green and four from Westhoughton – three were Test players. This booklet concerns itself in the main with one who wasn’t, but perhaps should have been
There are no prizes for guessing who has spent the last week reading and reviewing a couple of specialist publications on the subject of less well known Lancashire cricketers
This week Martin reviews something that is still not very common, a cricket book published in South Africa. By the way, not that we’re running short or anything, but if any of our readers would like to submit a review for publishing on the site we would be delighted to receive it,
In this feature Martin remembers one of the leading English batsmen from his childhood, and one of his favourites; ‘Long’ Tom Graveney
Kevin Pietersen is almost the forgotten man of English cricket these days, but not so long ago he was the biggest draw in the land and in demand with his publisher – is his 2015 book worth a look?
Regular readers can rest assured that enquiries are in hand to establish whether Martin has changed allegiance, after this second review of a book about Somerset cricket in consecutive weeks
Meticulous research does not, in isolation, make an interesting book, but there are plenty more plus points for Stephen Hill’s new book about early Somerset cricketers