Editing Christopher Martin-Jenkins (section)

==Media career==
Following his graduation in 1967 Martin-Jenkins joined ''[[The Cricketer]]'' magazine as deputy editor under [[E. W. Swanton]]. In March 1970 he left to join the BBC Radio Sports News department and subsequently commentated on his first match, a one-day international between England and Australia, in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/christopher-martin-jenkins-dies|title=Cricket journalist Christopher Martin-Jenkins dies|work=Channel 4 News|date=January 2013 }}</ref> His last commentary, 40 years later, was for ''TMS'' on England's third Test against [[Pakistan]] in [[Dubai]] in February 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/cmj-through-the-years-5cx26sl2qq7 |title=CMJ through the years |work=[[The Times]] |location=London}}</ref>

He joined the ''TMS'' team in 1973 and was appointed cricket correspondent in succession to Brian Johnston in 1973 and worked as cricket correspondent for the [[BBC]] (1973–1980, 1985–1991), ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' (1990–1999) and ''[[The Times]]'' (1999–2008). [[Mike Atherton]] replaced him as ''[[The Times]]'' Chief Cricket Correspondent on 1 May 2008 although CMJ continued contributing to the ''Times'' cricket pages, filing his last article on the death of [[Tony Greig]] on 31 December, the day prior to his own death.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/cricket/article3643720.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231070221/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/cricket/article3643720.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2012 |title=Courage under pressure was one of Tony Grieg's greatest attributes |work=[[The Times]] |location=London}}</ref> He was also a BBC TV commentator for their cricket coverage between 1981 and 1985, before returning to radio.

In ''The Daily Telegraph'', his obituarist wrote of his radio commentary that: "Nobody excelled him... in what he regarded as the first duty: that of giving a precise, clear, well-informed and accurate account of every ball that was bowled and every stroke that was played."<ref name="telobit"/> [[Scyld Berry]] 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."<ref name="berry">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/9774087/Nobody-has-broadcast-on-cricket-for-so-long-and-so-lucidly-as-Test-Match-Specials-Christopher-Martin-Jenkins.html |title=Nobody has broadcast on cricket for so long and so lucidly as Test Match Special's Christopher Martin-Jenkins |date=1 January 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

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 [[Lloyd Barker (umpire)|Lloyd Barker]], claiming that he had allowed himself to be pressurised by the West Indies captain, [[Viv Richards]], into wrongly giving [[Rob Bailey (cricketer)|Rob Bailey]] 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.<ref name = "memorial"/>

He was renowned among his broadcasting colleagues for a certain vagueness regarding practical matters. [[Jonathan Agnew]] described how on one occasion he arrived at Lord's for a match which unfortunately was due to be played on the other side of London at [[the Oval]].<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/christopher-martin-jenkins-words-delivered-with-clarity-belied-a-life-lived-in-chaos-g6qjwddjnh0 Article in ''The Times'' by Jonathan Agnew]</ref> He also struggled with modern technology, once mistaking the television remote control in his hotel room for his mobile phone.<ref name="berry"/> 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.<ref name="telobit"/>