CRICKET BOOKS

For reasons Archie explains we overlooked this one on publication five years ago but, better late than never, he has now plucked up the courage to read the acclaimed volume and review it

154 years and counting – it can only be the familiar saffron covers, this year adorned with a sight England fans saw plenty of last winter

This week Martin reviews the last new work to appear from the pen of the late Tony Cozier, published posthumously a few weeks ago

A serious candidate for title of the year at the very least, Archie moves away from the higher echelons of the game and reviews a book about the sort of cricket we have all played

Ever since he joined the team Martin has bemoaned the lack of a biography of Arthur Carr – he’ll have to change the record now

The CricketWeb review team is always prepared to take a bit of criticism when it’s properly due, but we won’t have anyone accuse us of favouring the mainstream of cricket publishing in our choice of books

This isn’t the first book from Rob Franks exploring one of the byways of the history of New Zealand cricket. It is however the first we have reviewed on CW – it won’t be the last

Wisden apart, there is not much in cricket literature as collectable as Arthur Mailey’s light hearted tour publications, as Martin can explain

Self publishing seems to be on the rise, and as long as this sort of quality is maintained long may that continue

In this review David looks at the story of the man who established the longest running sporting annual in the world