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A statement from his family said: "Christopher died peacefully at home this morning after his brave resistance to cancer. The family is extremely proud of all that he did to pass on his love of cricket worldwide with his gift of communicating through the spoken and written word. He was above all a
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President of MCC for 2010–11, a rare honour for a journalist. His time in office was a difficult one, as it coincided with the £400 million redevelopment plan for Lord's being dropped in favour of something better suited to the difficult economic situation. This led to an as yet unresolved
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asking him how to become a cricket commentator. Johnston invited him to
Broadcasting House, took him out to lunch and told him to develop his ability and review his performance by practising his commentating skills by using a tape recorder. That year he also scored a valiant 99 in Marlborough's
464:. He also struggled with modern technology, once mistaking the television remote control in his hotel room for his mobile phone. When attempting to email a report to his newspaper, he would occasionally press the Delete button rather than the Send button, causing him much consternation.
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During 2009 and 2010 his health seemed to be declining when he had a bad bout of pneumonia, followed by acute hepatitis. He was subsequently diagnosed with terminal cancer in March 2012, shortly after returning from commentating duties in the
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wrote: "What made him so good as a radio commentator, apart from his precise and unforced diction, was that he came closer than anyone to combining the knowledge of an expert with the enthusiasm of a student."
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out caught down the leg side. Barker threatened to sue, believing incorrectly that Martin-Jenkins had called him a cheat. The case was settled by the BBC without going to court.
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on 16 April 2013, attended by 2,000 people including at least six former
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By temperament conciliatory, he was rarely involved in controversy. However, during a Test on
England's 1989–90 tour of the West Indies he criticised the umpire
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on 31 December, the day prior to his own death. He was also a BBC TV commentator for their cricket coverage between 1981 and 1985, before returning to radio.
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at Lord's. Nevertheless, he skippered the
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University cricket first XI, although he narrowly missed out on gaining his blue after he was named 12th man for the 1967
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in the army at the time, relocated the family to
Glasgow where he was stationed. After demobilisation he returned to his job at the shipping firm
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team in 1973 and was appointed cricket correspondent in succession to Brian
Johnston in 1973 and worked as cricket correspondent for the
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to deliver the same lecture, the only actively playing cricketer to have delivered a Cowdrey Lecture.
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978:"Christopher Martin-Jenkins, TMS commentator, dies aged 67"
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cricket pages, filing his last article on the death of
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Following his graduation in 1967 Martin-Jenkins joined
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much loved husband, brother, father and grandfather."
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508:(1990) and finally concluding with his autobiography,
817:"Cricket journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins dies"
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16:English cricketer, broadcaster and journalist
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940:(Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 18.
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668:"Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Bob Munden"
195:Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins
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486:Twenty Years On: Cricket's years of change
235:, the second of three boys. His father, a
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710:"Christopher Martin-Jenkins obituary"
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544:MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture
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535:(MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.
251:He went to St Bede's prep school in
48:England tour of Australia in 2006–07
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579:, and was forced to step down from
149:Cricket journalist and broadcaster
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478:The Wisden Book of County Cricket
472:Martin-Jenkins was the author of
708:Baxter, Peter (1 January 2013).
377:on England's third Test against
369:magazine as deputy editor under
1087:Deaths from lymphoma in England
689:Fay, Stephen (2 January 2013).
600:A memorial service was held in
585:due to his illness. He died of
519:from 1980 and was President of
768:Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD)
286:Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
209:journalist and a President of
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1072:English cricket commentators
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347:XI in ten one-day games at
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1022:Debrett's People of Today
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835:"CMJ through the years"
510:CMJ – A Cricketing Life
490:Cricket: a way of life
449:, into wrongly giving
329:Second XI Championship
94:, West Sussex, England
42:Martin-Jenkins at the
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602:St. Paul's Cathedral
560:Robin Martin-Jenkins
502:Sketches of a Season
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803:The Daily Telegraph
523:from 1998 to 2008.
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139:Fitzwilliam College
129:Marlborough College
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