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 2013.

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Contents list:

Vaneisa Baksh tells the stories of the Worrell, Walcott and Weeks junior

John Stone recalls Sid Barnes 

Taha Hashim addresses the question of identity

Ben Duncan-Duggal talk to members of a historic club still going strong

Ben Booth tells the remarkable story of the Yorkshireman in Rwanda

Paul Dexter on When Cricket made the Movies

Nouvik Saha on what touring the Indian subcontinent used to be like

Vishnu Kumar provides an enlightening history of the short-form game

Cris Andrews investigates why a legend underperformed in England

Rakesh Pathak mourns the loss of the skills of Blythe and Bedi 

Billy Crawford on how cricket helps him cope with autism

Giles Wilcock sheds light on the tale of a larger-than-life one-Test wonder

Steve Menary says betting might be coming to a village green near you

James Thellusson is The Refusenik 

Patrick Ferriday on the ups and downs of cricket publishing

Matt Appleby is granted an audience with England’s cricketing sage

Richard Willmett is reminded of the glory of the five-day game

CS Chiwanza on Dean Elgar, an old cricketer who has left the crease

Rob Stephen dives head-first into a complex issue

Paul Edwards travels into the unknown