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. He was also a BBC TV commentator for their cricket coverage between 1981 and 1985, before returning to radio.