No blog on the subject of cricket literature could maintain credibility for too long without looking at the work of John Arlott, hence this week’s post

The passing of the mercurial Abdul Qadir is sad news for cricket. Six years ago Martin penned a feature about him, and now seems like an appropriate time to restore that to the site’s home page

In a change from the advertised episode we have a piece about CB Fry’s writing. The promised look at John Nyren remains in the course of preparation

A long look at a cricket publisher again this week, and this time it is the turn of The Cricket Publishing Company

In this feature Martin looks back at the career of one of Australia’s most effective medium fast bowlers, Terry Alderman

In 1864 two cricket annuals began. The modest potboiler of the two is still with us 155 years on. This post looks at the competition, a weighty work of reference that fell by the wayside after just a single edition

The Ashes may be a well-known and highly anticipated event in cricket for some, but for others – specifically those outside of England and Australia, the matches are less than noteworthy. If not rarely heard of.

This week Martin rounds off his series of posts on England’s Test series with a look at the books inspired by contests with Pakistan since 1954

In this post Martin takes a look at a famous book from 1912

While there is no shortage of India’s options for number 4 and MS Dhoni’s position has not become known in the weeks following the World Cup, this time a new set of questions have emerged to join India’s T20 team. There are 15 months to go before the 2020 T20 World Cup. Beyond three T20Is against the West Indies, here are some issues that will have to be worked through the selection committee and team management.