FEATURES

In this feature Martin tells the story of England’s unhappy tour of Australia in 1958/59.

Following Martin’s December feature, Gareth Bland considers the significance of England’s first post-terrestrial world star, the brilliant Alastair Cook

David Mutton looks at the life of Ali Bacher, who held almost every job in South African cricket during a career spanning four decades.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins will be much missed by cricket followers for his contribution to both broadcast and print media. In this belated appreciation Gareth Bland pays tribute.

In this feature David Taylor takes a look at the former Essex and Glamorgan leg spinner Robin Hobbs, and speculates as to whether we will see his like again.

It took a long time for New Zealand cricket to embrace the concept of professionalism, but they got there in the end, thanks largely to Glenn Turner, who Martin profiles in this feature.

It is a sobering thought that it is now more than 30 years since it happened. In this feature Martin looks back at Dennis Lillee’s infamous spat with Javed Miandad

On 12 June 1868 an Aboriginal eleven strode onto the turf at Lord’s to face the MCC, fully ten years before white Australian cricketers ever did. Dave Wilson tells the remarkable story behind the first cricket tour of England by an Australian side.

With World Series Cricket attracting some new interest in recent months, Martin looks back to what to the official game did during the two years the sport was split.

If batting were a miss world contest Marlon Samuels’s batting would certainly stake claim to that title.