His name is sometimes overlooked when the great West Indian batsmen are discussed, but Rohan Kanhai was one of the very best. In this feature Martin tells his story
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It has been a while since we reviewed a book from the ACS Lives in Cricket series, so Martin has been tasked with reading their most recent offering
The fastest bowler who ever lived? Almost certainly not, but as he fades further into history the story of Charles Kortright deserves an airing, and in this feature Martin obliges
This week, after his recent excursions into mass market titles, Martin reviews a book that is not, by definition, ever going to be a bestseller
This year sees the one hundredth anniversary of the death of ‘The Great Cricketer’ a man who, in his time, bestrode the game of cricket in the manner of the Colossus of Rhodes
After reading KP’s autobiography Martin has been reading the latest book of another of the ‘big beasts’ of the English game
Woe betide anyone who reminded Tony Lock after 1956 that he was the man who “got the other one” when Jim Laker took his 19-90. In this feature Martin tells the story of a sometimes fiery character who contributed to many controversial moments over his long career
This week Martin reviews David Tossell’s latest book. It seems it’s not quite as good as ‘Grovel!’, but then what could be?
We don’t review too many bestsellers on CricketWeb, but felt we ought to add our two penn’orth to the huge number of words written about this one, so Martin took a deep breath ………….
This year a classic biography from the 1970s has had a 21st century makeover, and emerges as good as ever