Martin Chandler - ARTICLES

Don’t be fooled by the title of this week’s review. We do limit ourselves to books that are about cricket, although on this occasion Martin has stretched the criteria a little.

As the West Indies endure another difficult series one of their most knowledgeable and passionate supporters has let us have his views.

In the wake of the BCCI’s decision to omit Kapil Dev from the list of former players to benefit from their largesse, Martin looks back to an event they have clearly forgotten.

In the coming weeks a number of Brian Johnston books are being re-released to mark the centenary of his birth. This week Martin reviews the first of them.

On the eve of the arrival of the 2012 South Africans in England Martin looks back at their predecessors from the 1970s, who some would argue were the finest Test team ever assembled.

Although he wasn’t an all time great by any means, Chris Tavare’s batting won’t be forgotten by those who sat through his career. In this feature Martin remembers the batsman and the man.

This week’s book won’t have been noticed by many, but as it bears the imprint of the ACS, and has Martin’s seal of approval, perhaps its appeal will now broaden a little.

In this feature Martin looks back more than half a century to a bowling performance that will, almost certainly, never be equalled let alone bettered.

In this feature Martin, with a bit of inspiration from Dave, takes a look at one of the subjects that always polarises opinions on the Crickweb forums.

At just 21 David Hookes briefly lit up the Centenary Test, but never fulfilled the expectations he created. In this feature Martin looks back at his career, and his tragic death in 2004.