Although he never played Test cricket Colin Ingleby-McKenzie is one of the most interesting post-war English cricketer. In this feature Martin tells his story
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Last week Brendon McCullum bade his farewells to international cricket and in doing so made history – 11,000 miles away from the action Martin finally realised what a credit to the game he was
A cricket book like no other this week and, it seems from Martin’s review, very definitely a ‘must read’
The highest batting average in Test history belongs to Trinidadian Andy Ganteaume who died yesterday at 95. By way of a tribute to one of the game’s most famous cameo performance we are republishing a feature that first appeared in 2009, with the title “Better than Bradman?”
Something different this week, as Martin looks back at a couple of unusual Australian items from the 1960s that share a title, an author and a lofty status amongst collectors
Either Doug Wright’s figures don’t tell the whole truth about his talents, or Sir Donald Bradman was prone to exaggeration. In this feature Martin takes a look behind the numbers
This week Martin reviews the latest book in the ACS ‘Lives in Cricket’ series
How will the game of cricket be played in a hundred years time? In this feature Martin looks at the answers William Ford came up with in 1900
Nothing quite like this week’s book has been published before, nor is it likely to be again, which is all the more reason to snap up a copy of this interesting limited edition
In this feature Martin tells the remarkable story of one of Australia’s favourite sons, Neil Hawke