There is one cricketing tome which requires no introduction, but we won’t let that stop us providing it with one. For 2018 it’s Martin’s turn to review the ‘Cricketer’s Bible’
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There have been plenty of books about the County Championship, but only three about the experience of following the finest domestic competition of them all in the 21st century. Tim Cawkwell has written all of them
‘Stranded Batsman’ is a life of one of the nearly men of Caribbean cricket, and a book that clearly impressed Martin
A serious road accident cut short Fred Bakewell’s promising cricket career in 1936. In this feature Martin tells the story of a man who was a fine batsman, but a flawed character
A book devoted to Sri Lankan cricket is a rare thing, and we are very grateful to author Ranjan Mellawa for providing us with a review copy of his magnum opus on the subject of the game he loves
The usual reason for buying a book is to provide a source of entertainment or to acquire knowledge. This one does both, and as a bonus your hard earned will support a very worthy cause
Sussex supporters of a certain age will doubtless remember it well, but for those of us who don’t fall into that category here is an interesting reminder of the off field events that transformed the club a couple of decades ago
In this feature Martin looks at the, judged by 21st century standards, extraordinary life of Lionel Tennyson
Related from a distinctly Welsh perspective there are familiar themes, and some more unusual ones to this interesting book
Arthur Mailey was probably not the greatest leg spinner Australia has produced, but he is surely the most interesting