In a BBC project first broadcast in 2002 Sir Winston Churchill was voted into first place in a poll to establish the 100 greatest Britons. Martin’s latest feature suggests that his vote might have gone elsewhere.
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There is nothing like a 3-1 Ashes victory in Australia to help an Englishman forget the world’s economic woes. In this feature Martin tells the story of the man who made that scoreline possible in 1954/55.
Australian cricket has always produced some larger than life characters. In this feature Martin takes a look at the story of one of the most colourful of them.
Towards the end of last year we shared some top moments picked solely by me, This year we wanted to do it differently and decided to pick the top moment of our CW staff members. Three Englishmen, an Irishman, a Kiwi and an Indian contributed to this exercise and relived their top moments of the year in their own words. Ofcourse the English were overjoyed with the Ashes, the Indian whitewash and county cricket, the Irishman with the defeat of England in the World Cup, the Kiwi was elated with beating Australia and for the Indian fan winning the world cup was the ultimate Nirvana. Here is the list in no particular order.
2012 will mark the centenary of the death of the nineteenth century’s finest fast bowler. In this feature Martin takes a look at his remarkable career.
Jake takes a look at Bangladesh-Pakistan and South Africa-Sri Lanka, and includes a preview of the Australia vs India series starting on Boxing Day.
When is a Test Match not a Test Match? In this feature Martin looks back to the English summer of 1970 and the cricket played by one of the strongest teams the world has seen.
England’s squad announced for the upcoming Pakistan series produced very few surprises, but will the balance of the starting XI remain as predictable?
With depression hitting cricketers often with the public unaware, Ewan looks at specific examples of players hit by the ilness, and explores why cricket seems to be a common sport for depression sufferers.
In the wake of the imprisonment of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif Martin looks back at the old controversy involving Shane Warne and Mark Waugh.