
Andy Roberts: Stirring blood with sheer speed – Almanack
Roberts was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975
Roberts was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975
The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year represent a tradition that dates back in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to 1889
"The marvellous appeal of Hughes’s batting lies in the repertoire of his strokes"
An easily underrated captain, van der Merwe led South Africa to two significant series wins
He abhorred sledging, coloured clothing and the four-day Championship
Together with his Pakistani counterpart Mushtaq Ahmed, he instigated a romantic revival of leg-spin
"He played shots Gower wouldn’t have bothered with”
One-third of the great 'W' triumvirate, Walcott was upright, commanding and peerless
"I went home and cried my eyes out. But my dad said: ‘Prove people wrong.’”
"It needed something special to keep Ben Stokes off the cover"
Issue 39 of WCM is in shops from December 24:
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Cricket’s past is steeped in a tradition of great writing and Wisden is making sure its future will be too. The Nightwatchman is a quarterly collection of essays and long-form articles which debuted in March 2013 and is available in book and e-book formats.
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