It looks like we have an early candidate for our Book of the Year award as the game finally gets a biography of one of the greatest of all the Springboks
Back in 2009 one of Martin’s first features on CricketWeb was about Ian Meckiff. In the coming weeks he will be revisiting a topic that has always interested him, and begins with a look at Charlie Griffith
Not all record holders are famous, as Martin’s feature about the man who, by a distance, holds the record for the most First Class catches by an Australian amply demonstrates
There are a few names to conjure with for anyone who wants to nominate the finest Australian bowler of all time, and that of the subject of Martin’s latest feature is certainly one of them
A rare maximum from Martin for an eclectic selection of essays that form the core of the third issue of what is, with all due respect to Major Bowen, unarguably the best periodical ever to appear on the game, or indeed any game
Martin has had a long wait for a biography of Ted McDonald, the great Australian quick who threw in his lot with Lancashire, and it seems he wasn’t disappointed
The team have finally overcome their collective luddism and got to grips with the new look, and it seems like the first book of the new era is a good ‘un