The family of celebrated cricket commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins have issued a statement, after losing his battle to cancer today:
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 much loved husband, brother, father and grandfather.
Cricket club expresses sadness over Martin-Jenkins' death
The president of the Marylebone Cricket Club has paid tribute to celebrated cricket broadcaster Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who died aged 67 today. Mike Griffith said:
CMJ will be sorely missed. I was fortunate to know him from his schooldays at Marlborough College and we became good friends.
As a commentator and journalist he was passionate about upholding the values of the game and always expressed his views with clarity and humour.
Everyone at MCC shares the sadness now being felt by the cricketing world that his live commentaries will never be heard again.
Martin-Jenkins' colleague pays tribute to the 'legend'
Test Match Special colleague Jonathan Agnew has paid tribute to cricket journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who died today aged 67. According to the BBC's website, the cricket correspondent said:
Listeners to Test Match Special were all too familiar with CMJ's eccentricities - like going to the wrong ground for the start of a Test match. His legendary, chaotic time-keeping was very much part of his charm.
Considering the years he worked as editor of the Cricketer magazine, and as correspondent for the BBC twice, the Daily Telegraph and the Times, and 40 years commentating on Test Match Special and the many books he wrote, it is doubtful that anyone has contributed more in a lifetime to the overall coverage of cricket than Christopher Martin-Jenkins.
