Top gifts for cricket fans this Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and it’s time to start thinking about the Christmas gifts you’ll purchase for your family and friends who love cricket.
Here are a selection of Christmas gift suggestions related to cricket, produced by us here at Wisden. Seasons greetings!
Wisden Ale Gift Pack (18+ only)
The brand new, limited-edition Wisden Drinks Collection has arrived and with it comes the Wisden Ale Gift Pack.
The gift pack contains three 330ml cans of The Afternoon Session, a refreshing pale ale with a zest aroma and three 330ml cans of The Little Wonder, an amber ale with toffee, biscuit malt and a delicate fruit aroma.
Each can design features a different Wisden Cricketer Of The Year and the gift pack also comes with six collectable Wisden Ale beer mats.
Looking for something even more special? Our expertly crafted Wisden Drinks Collection also includes rye, gin and vodka.
Of course, our collection makes the perfect gift, but we won’t judge if you order something for yourself…
Always drink responsibly. By following the link below, you confirm you are aged 18 and over. UK only.
£24.99 (Wisden Ale Gift Pack) | Shop here
Wisden Cricket Monthly Subscription
The gift that keeps on giving.
With a 12-issue subscription, treat the cricket fan in your life all year round with the latest edition of Wisden Cricket Monthly delivered directly to their door every month.
Featuring the best writers, exclusive interviews, and the most comprehensive coverage of both the professional and amateur game, you can save up to 33 per cent with a yearly subscription (UK only).
Buying for someone who prefers digital? We offer a 12-issue digital subscription, too!
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2020
The most famous sports book in the world, the Almanack has been published every year since 1864 and contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports on all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals.
Trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records make it the cricketers’ bible worldwide.
Wisden T-Shirts
Whether you were one of the lucky few there at Lord’s or sat at home watching the TV or listening on the radio, relive England’s 2019 Cricket World Cup winning glory with our range of t-shirts.
The 100 per cent cotton, heavyweight white crew-neck unisex shirts come in a range of sizes from small to XL.
The Nightwatchman Subscription
This one is for the cricket fan who loves to read.
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.
£15 (digital), £29.95 (print) | Shop here
Golden Summers
Every cricket lover, for better or worse, has their year. The year it all fell into place or all fell apart. A year of triumph or disaster; of tragedy or comedy. This being cricket, there’s normally a bit of everything.
A series of writers, poets, musicians, comedians, and ex-players – plus the odd England captain – have come together to produce a collection of personal essays, using the game of cricket as the backdrop to tell their own stories. 50 voices for 50 years: each one delving into the year that means the most to them. This is Golden Summers.
Covering 50 different seasons, from 1934 right up to the weird summer of 2020, Golden Summers tells the story of modern cricket in a refreshing and engaging way, revealing the impact the game has had on so many writers.
Journalists such as Scyld Berry, David Frith, Stephen Fay, Emma John, Tanya Aldred, Eleanor Oldroyd, Geoff Lemon and Lawrence Booth – plenty of Wisden Almanack editors among them – write beautifully about their chosen years, and players like Mark Wood, Heather Knight, Derek Pringle and Vic Marks provide great insight, with all of the contributors interweaving personal memories with a look at the cricket happening at that time.
