2 Jan 2013

English cricket journalist succumbs to cancer

12:53 pm on 2 January 2013

The English cricket journalist and commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins has died of cancer at the age of 67.

Martin-Jenkins was one of the voices of Test Match Special on BBC Radio and previously worked for The Daily Telegraph and The Times.

Martin-Jenkins' son, Robin, played professional cricket for Sussex and made 162 first-class appearances for the country before retiring in 2010.

Martin-Jenkins was diagnosed with terminal cancer in January 2012 and released his memoir, CMJ: A Cricketing Life, the following April.