Martin Williamson

The Ireland story and others

The lack of support from the ICC towards the Associates and Affiliates did not deter one team. For the rest, it wasn't a great year

31-Dec-2011•Martin Williamson

The speedboat and the toes

Touring the Caribbean is a far from easy affair for cricketers, but Fred Titmus returned home more mangled than most

03-Dec-2011•Martin Williamson

Captains galore

India's selectors during the 1958-59 series against West Indies spent more time on political infighting than addressing the team's problems

19-Nov-2011•Martin Williamson

Test cricket's first gambling victim

England's wicketkeeper was missing from the first Test ever in 1877 because he had been arrested after a fight caused by gambling on a game he was umpiring

05-Nov-2011•Martin Williamson

The tour that never was

England were scheduled to tour India in 1939-40 and the squad had been named. Then other events took over

22-Oct-2011•Martin Williamson

USA set for new star-studded Twenty20 league

In the very near future a new venture to promote cricket inside the USA will be announced, involving a domestic Twenty20 tournament which it is hoped will attract a raft of overseas players

11-Oct-2011•Martin Williamson

Why, Wally, why

The sad match in which one the game's greatest batsmen could barely get the ball off the square

08-Oct-2011•Martin Williamson

'Players know consistency will be the criterion for national selection'

Tom Sears, Cricket Kenya's CEO, hopes the success of the board's new East African tournaments will result in a larger and better-quality talent pool in the country

02-Oct-2011•Interview by Martin Williamson

When the game became too much

At the time of year when players call it quits, we look back to one whose retirement came midway through a match

23-Sep-2011•Martin Williamson

Dainty again in the spotlight

As has so often been the case in the last few years, the USA Cricket Association continues to be mired in internal bickering and controversy

05-Sep-2011•Martin Williamson

No turning back for Kenya

The board did the right thing by axing players who had held them to ransom in the past

04-Sep-2011•Martin Williamson

When Nasser was booed at The Oval

They might be the world No. 1 at the moment, but exactly 12 years ago a defeat at The Oval left England at the bottom of the table

27-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

The last of his kind

The warm and engaging life story of a man who accomplished the rare feat of playing cricket and football for England

21-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

Kenya prepare for new superleagues

Cricket Kenya's latest initiative to help develop the strength of the country's domestic game gets underway later this week with the start of the new regional Twenty20 and 50-over franchise competitions

15-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

India's day of glory

India came to England in 1971 with a record of no wins and 15 defeats in their 19 Tests... but all that changed at The Oval

13-Aug-2011•Martin Williamson

Parsimonious perfection

While today a dot ball in limited-overs cricket is often seen as an achievement, in 1969 a Somerset spinner finished with figures of 8-8-0-0 in a 40-over match

30-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

Wallowing in affordable nostalgia

Willows' high-quality reprints of old Almanacks continue to allow the ordinary enthusiast to visit the past

17-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

India's all-time low

At Lord's in 1974, India were bowled out in a little over an hour for 42, in a series which started full of promise but soon fell apart

16-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

Kenyan board right to dump old guard

The players may complain, but the board has taken a forward-looking step

03-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

BC Cooray's nightmare

In early 2001 an umpire united both sides as well as spectators in agreement that his officiating was atrocious

02-Jul-2011•Martin Williamson

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