It has been a while since he revisited the era, so perhaps we should not be surprised that Martin has recently been reading the biography of a man from the Bodyline series.
This week we welcome back our top man following a spot of paternity leave, and it would seem that this week’s book will have provided him with a welcome distraction from the nappy changing.
Few cricket books are bestsellers, and I doubt this week’s book ever was either, but it has been through several editions, and I don’t suppose its total sales have been exceeded by many.
Former Glamorgan and England opening batsman Steve James has written the first detailed account of the contribution of two Zimbabweans to English cricket – Ewen Day-Collins has review the book for us.
Despite selling many more copies than almost all cricket books with loftier reputations I don’t recall seeing a review of “Cricket’s Strangest Matches” until now.