CRICKET BOOKS

Some books should be purchased for reasons other than the quality of the writing they contain. This is one of them, but as Martin explains it has the added bonus of being an excellent read

Size isn’t everything, and the first in a series of booklets from Max Books demonstrates that is as true for cricket literature as it is in many other fields of human endeavour

Despite being a cricket correspondent throughout it is more than thirty years now since Vic Marks last authored a book. It seems however that this autobiography was well worth waiting for

For the second year running David Battersby has self-published a limited edition book about a Cheltenham cricketer to coincide with the town’s festival

Interested in ‘Bodyline’?

If so this little bibliographical work might just appeal

Wisden 2019 clocks up the good book’s 156th edition, and seems to go from strength to strength

This one does not have very much in common with most cricketing biographies, nor indeed cricket books generally, but is still an excellent read

Last year saw the release of a new book about Sydney Barnes – how does Jeff Nicholls’ effort measure up to those of the great medium pacer’s three previous biographers?

A decade ago Monty Panesar seemed almost to be able to walk on water, and then things started to go wrong ……….

In light of of Martin’s closing comment in this one we assume he must have been a fashion icon in his youth, so a call has been sent out for a copy of his graduation photograph, which will be shared immediately it is received