Over the next three weeks we are going to review a number of small booklets and pamphlets, adding a new one every two or three days. We begin with one of the best recent examples
Martin Chandler - ARTICLES
Cricket and the Great War has been a recurring theme in the last year or so, and this week Martin reviews another book on the subject
With the passing of Arthur Morris on Saturday another of the game’s links with the 1940s slipped away. In this feature Martin pays tribute to one of cricket’s gentlemen
Doubtless this one won’t be a bestseller, which just goes to show that sales figures are no indication of quality
Integrity is an important characteristic for an Ashes captain and as Martin explains in this feature none have had more of that than Bill Woodfull
Although he played his Test cricket for the country of his birth for Martin and his contemporaries Farokh Engineer will always be as much a part of Lancashire as the Red Rose itself
Still the last England captain to win back the Ashes on Australian soil, Martin looks back at the life and career of Ray Illingworth
The selection of cricket teams generally gives rise to more debate amongst supporters than the play itself, so Trevor Woolley’s new book should appeal to all long-suffering England fans
On a recent visit to England for the Lord’s Test Barry Richards took time out of his schedule to talk to us, and has also made available a couple of copies of his autobiography to CW visitors
In this feature Martin tells the story of Seymour Nurse, one of those fine West Indian batsmen whose legacy is hidden behind the mighty reputation of Garry Sobers