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October09

Ekki

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Our greatest heroes are rarely the giants of the game, and there must be plenty of cricket followers of a certain age in India who number Eknath Solkar amongst their all time favourites – in this feature Martin tells his story

September08

The Governor-General

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Victor Trumper was not the only great batsman that Australia produced before Don Bradman, but others entitled to be so described seem to be largely forgotten – in this feature Martin looks at one of them, Charles Macartney

August24

And Then There Was One

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With the passing of Arthur Morris on Saturday another of the game’s links with the 1940s slipped away. In this feature Martin pays tribute to one of cricket’s gentlemen

August21

A Man of Honour

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Integrity is an important characteristic for an Ashes captain and as Martin explains in this feature none have had more of that than Bill Woodfull

August17

From Bombay to Bolton

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Although he played his Test cricket for the country of his birth for Martin and his contemporaries Farokh Engineer will always be as much a part of Lancashire as the Red Rose itself