Sometimes authors who write about cricket history without straying outside their own times struggle to find something new to say, but not Guy Fraser-Sampson.
As the latest battle to find CW’s favourite cricketer gets underway Martin puts forward the case for one of his nominations, the late Sylvester Clarke.
After the County Championship’s thrilling climax this week Martin, CricketWeb’s resident Lancastrian, has found the time and enough sobriety to articulate his views on his team’s historic victory.