This week cricket has been mourning the tragic death of Trevor Bailey. In this feature Martin looks back at his life and times.
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A little late, but for the best possible reason, we are finally able to reveal the CW Book of the Year for last year
When sportsmen and bookmakers mix there has always been the potential for trouble. In this feature we look back at an old story from a contemporary perspective.
Next week we will name the CW Book of the Year for 2010, and explain the reason for the delay in its announcement. In the meantime Martin has been reading something rather special.
With the opening matches of the tenth World Cup less than a month away, Martin looks back at how ODI’s began, and shares his memories of the first tournament
As Murali prepares for one last hurrah in the forthcoming World Cup, Martin looks back at the controversy that has followed him throughout his career.
In the week that England have retained the Ashes, Martin reviews a biography of arguably the greatest Ashes skipper of them all.
Being on Ricky Ponting’s side is not an experience I expected to have this winter, but after what I heard this morning and have been reading in the course of the day, he has my sympathy
Martin has spent the last few weeks searching for news about the books we can expect to see in 2011, and some that sneaked under the CricketWeb radar in 2010.
The final part of our series brings us up to 2009 and shows that, despite tour books generally being a thing of the past, Ashes series are as popular in print as ever.