
England's multicultural World Cup winners: Different strokes for different folks – by Eoin Morgan
"A team which derived strength from diversity, and represented the best of our country"
"A team which derived strength from diversity, and represented the best of our country"
How cricket became the whole nation's once more
“What was it, boundaries or something?”
“We still have our WhatsApp group, where each day we greet each other with ‘Morning, champions’”
“Everybody is allowed to be themselves. That is a good thing about the world”
"A game that kept confounding expectations"
"Australia’s first World Cup semi-final defeat out of eight"
"India slipped to 24 for four, their musketeers Sharma, Kohli himself and Rahul going all for one"
The defeat cost Australia top spot in the table, consigning them to a semi-final against England
"Sharma powered a 189-run opening stand in pursuit of 265, and Rahul later brought up his second ODI ton"
Issue 39 of WCM is in shops from December 24:
The most famous sports book in the world, the Almanack has been published every year since 1864.
Inside the 157th edition:
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.
Every issue features an array of authors from around the world, writing beautifully and at length about the game and its myriad offshoots.