In 1990 England’s Chris Lewis had the world at his feet, but within twenty years the bottom had fallen out of that world. In this feature Martin looks at his story.
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New Zealand approached the first test against Australia having had the better of a drawn lead up match against Australia A and having pasted the home side’s young pace men at Allan Border Oval the week before the Gabba outing.
In this feature Martin enlists the help of some of the game’s greatest names in order to explain the legend that is Jack Gregory and Ted MacDonald.
The three match series was business as usual for India while for the West Indies it provided hope for the future.Here are the ratings of the two teams from Cricket Web.
These days England’s selectors and Team Management seem to do a thoroughly professional job. It wasn’t always so. In this feature Martin examines the case of Robin Smith, aka The Judge.
Averages have some limitations insofaras providing an accurate assessment of batting prowess – Dave Wilson proposes a possible alternative view.
The significance of Basil D’Oliviera’s cricket career extended well beyond the sport itself. In this feature Martin pays his respects to one of our game’s legendary figures.
After his Test debut at Lord’s in 1972 Bob Massie looked set for great things. In fact his Test career was over within a year. In this feature Martin tells his story.
In this series our cricket heroes by CW staff, Ganesh Venkat looks back at Mohammad Azharuddin, The wristy magician from India.
Jake Howe takes a look at the world’s current Test Cricket, including Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka and South Africa vs Australia.