England’s recent history in the 50 over format has been something of a rollercoaster ride, and this week’s book is an overdue look at the trials and tribulations which, all England supporters will hope, are finally being consigned to history
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In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of Sir Frank Worrell’s predecessor as West Indies captain, Gerry Alexander
I can’t imagine there will ever be a better series than the 2005 Ashes, and it quickly spawned a number of books. There were several by professional writers, the best of which were written by those masters of their craft, David Frith and Gideon Haigh. Amongst the English side Andrew Flintoff and Michael Vaughan, as […]
There are not many areas of cricket history that have not received detailed treatment in book form before, and the publication of this book by Barry Nicholls means that there is now one less
After a summer in which Pakistan have played impressively to share the Test series in England Martin remembers one of his favourite Pakistani cricketers of the 1970s, Asif Iqbal Razvi
In this feature Martin gives some thought to a question that has troubled cricket lovers ever since Donald Bradman came into the game
In case regular readers have detected a hint of bias Martin has promised that this is the last book about a Lancashire cricketer he will review ‘for a while’
Martin is adept at tracking down unusual books, especially ones with a Lancashire connection, and this story of a unique piece of memorabilia is a good example
Cricket is played the world over, but rarely written about beyond the Test playing countries so Roy Morgan’s look at many of the game’s less well known participants is a welcome one
A somewhat disingenuous title, doubtless calculated to attract interest from the sub-continent, doesn’t alter the fact that the background story of Sachin’s arrival at Headingley in 1992 is an interesting one