Last Friday a universally popular cricketer announced his retirement from the International game. In this feature Martin pays his respects to Rahul Dravid.
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Has the end of the 77 years of hurt given Lancastrians cause to take pleasure in reading about that barren era? It certainly seems so.
A road accident took the life of Jamaican Collie Smith at just 26. In this feature Martin tells the story of one of the game’s most tragic losses.
Some staff members are nothing if not predictable, and as soon as we heard that Martin had been revisiting his childhood haunts it was obvious what sort of feature would follow.
It is sixty years since this collection of John Arlott’s essays first appeared, and Martin certainly believes it has stood the test of time.
This week Martin reviews a book devoted to the history of cricket writing – not surprisingly he seems to have rather enjoyed it.
Yorkshiremen in the 1930s believed, not without cause, that Don Bradman was Bill Bowes’ bunny. In this feature Martin takes a look at the life and times of a man who was more than just a quick bowler.
Bradman’s Invincibles are rightly lauded as the strongest team ever to tour England. Did they however represent the very best Australia had to offer? In this feature Martin explains why he thinks not.
Great fast bowlers are born and not made. Englishman John Snow was one of the best and, argues Martin, deserves to be much more fondly remembered than he is.
Our thanks go to all the worthy candidates for Book of the Year that we have read this year, but our congratulations can only go to one author, and for 2011 that is Patrick Ferriday.