In this post Martin takes a look at the work of Qamaruddin Butt, one of the most collectable cricket writers of the post war years

It’s back to books for their own sake this week as Martin takes a look at his second favourite annual

In this feature, his first for a while, Martin looks at the life and times of Graeme Pollock

In this post Martin looks back at the work of a popular Australian writer and broadcaster

In this post the blog takes a new departure, the story of a man who assembled perhaps the finest collection of cricketing memorabilia ever to have been in private hands

CLR James was by no means the most prolific of the game’s great writers, but is one of the most important. In this post Martin looks at his life and times

To accompany Martin’s post on the subject of CLR James we are republishing an article from 2013, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his most famous book

Creating the perfect fantasy cricket team is only one of the steps necessary to win. What you need is skill and information is your best friend here. Fantasy cricket forms a massive part of the $2 billion industry and so it’s the person or team with the most points after a match has been played to be announced as the winner.

After a couple of false starts Martin has finally completed his post on John Nyren’s famous book

In this post Martin revisits the life of one of his favourite cricket people, this time armed with some material that has not previously seen the light of day