It took a long time for New Zealand cricket to embrace the concept of professionalism, but they got there in the end, thanks largely to Glenn Turner, who Martin profiles in this feature.
On 12 June 1868 an Aboriginal eleven strode onto the turf at Lord’s to face the MCC, fully ten years before white Australian cricketers ever did. Dave Wilson tells the remarkable story behind the first cricket tour of England by an Australian side.
Cricket Web Member Daniel McGrath has reviewed the iOS version
of International Cricket Captain 2012 detailing the pros and
cons of this release.
With World Series Cricket attracting some new interest in recent months, Martin looks back to what to the official game did during the two years the sport was split.
The New Delhi weather has been doing its best to make England feel at home these past few days.
If batting were a miss world contest Marlon Samuels’s batting would certainly stake claim to that title.
Sadly former England captain Tony Greig is no longer with us, having departed this mortal coil on Saturday. For this feature we repeat an extract from David Tossell’s fine biography of the big man.
Alistair Cook is hopefully about half way through his playing career. In this feature Martin takes a look at what he has achieved so far.