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'''Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins''' (known as '''CMJ''') is a ] ] and commentator for ] (TMS) on ]. '''Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins''', known as '''CMJ''' (born ] ]), is a ] ] and commentator for ] (TMS) on ].


CMJ was born on 20 January 1945. He was a student at ] and then ], Cambridge. Martin-Jenkins was a student at ], and then ], ]. He joined the TMS team in 1973, aged 28. While captain of cricket at his school, Marlborough, 11 years earlier, Martin-Jenkins wrote to ] asking him how to become a cricket commentator.


⚫ At various times, CMJ has been cricket correspondent for the ], the '']'' and '']''. He was also editor of ''The Cricketer''. As a player, he made 99 for Marlborough against ] at ] and was later in the ] second XI.
Martin-Jenkins joined the TMS team in 1973, aged 28. While captain of cricket at his school, ], 11 years earlier, Martin-Jenkins wrote to ] asking him how to become a cricket commentator.


⚫ CMJ has also been known as "Jenkers" (see ''Test Match Special'', Peter Baxter (ed, 1981); see also ]). There are suggestions in ''The Alderman's Tale'' (1991), the memoir of fellow commentator, Don Mosey (1924-99), that CMJ's presence in the commentary box was an occasional source of friction to some of his colleagues (though equally Mosey seems to have had a chip on his shoulder regarding the operation of what he saw as an ] within the BBC).
⚫ At various times, Martin-Jenkins has been cricket correspondent for the ], the '']'' and '']''. He was also editor of ''The Cricketer''. As a player, he made 99 for Marlborough against Rugby School at Lords and was later in the Surrey second XI.


⚫ Martin-Jenkins' son, ], plays county cricket for ].
⚫ CMJ has also been known as "Jenkers" (see Peter Baxter (ed, 1981) ''Test Match Special'' and ]). There are suggestions in ''The Alderman's Tale'' (1991), the memoir of fellow commentator, Don Mosey (1924-99), that CMJ's presence in the commentary box was an occasional source of friction to some of his colleagues (though equally Mosey seems to have had a chip on his shoulder regarding the operation of what he saw as an old boy network within the BBC).

⚫ Martin-Jenkins' son, Robin Martin-Jenkins, plays county cricket for ].


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Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, known as CMJ (born 20 January 1945), is a cricket journalist and commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio 4.

Martin-Jenkins was a student at Marlborough, and then Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He joined the TMS team in 1973, aged 28. While captain of cricket at his school, Marlborough, 11 years earlier, Martin-Jenkins wrote to Brian Johnston asking him how to become a cricket commentator.

At various times, CMJ has been cricket correspondent for the BBC, the Daily Telegraph and The Times. He was also editor of The Cricketer. As a player, he made 99 for Marlborough against Rugby School at Lord's and was later in the Surrey second XI.

CMJ has also been known as "Jenkers" (see Test Match Special, Peter Baxter (ed, 1981); see also Oxford '-er'). There are suggestions in The Alderman's Tale (1991), the memoir of fellow commentator, Don Mosey (1924-99), that CMJ's presence in the commentary box was an occasional source of friction to some of his colleagues (though equally Mosey seems to have had a chip on his shoulder regarding the operation of what he saw as an old boy network within the BBC).

Martin-Jenkins' son, Robin Martin-Jenkins, plays county cricket for Sussex.

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