There is no county cricket at the moment and unlikely to be any for a few weeks yet, but that doesn’t prevent supporters talking and writing about their counties
CRICKET BOOKS
In this review Martin looks at the first of three books that are going to be published in the coming weeks to mark the passing of half a century since the cancellation of the 1970 South African tour
Regular readers will have noticed that we review a disproportionate number of books and booklets about Lancashire cricket, and here we have another one.
North of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Durham lies Scotland and, contrary to the expectations of some, those Celts have quite a cricketing heritage
Martin does choose to review some obscure stuff at times, but there’s nothing to be gained by telling him that – we find it easiest just to let him get on with it
This week we are delighted to be able to post a guest review from David Kelly, friend of Cricketweb and, back in the 1960s, a respected contributor to ‘The Cricket Quarterly’
This one will not be the best selling book on the cricketing summer of 2019, but Tim Cawkwell’s latest venture into self-publishing is well worth reading
For men of Kent and Kentish men this one from 2004 is well worth tracking down
Last December the first issue of County Cricket Matters got a five star rating from Martin, as does the second
New books from South Africa do not arrive at Cricketweb very often, but this one was certainly worth waiting for