
Marlon Samuels' Hollywood story: From troubled underachiever to elite performer – Almanack
Those who remembered him as a boy prodigy were surprised only that his talents had taken so long to bear…
Those who remembered him as a boy prodigy were surprised only that his talents had taken so long to bear…
"In the right circumstance his flight and dip could not merely tantalise batsmen, but madden them."
<p class="intro-p">Bob Barber had to switch counties to realise his potential, but after a productive summer for Warwickshire in 1966…
"Nothing is a shade of grey to Chappell"
"The harder they banged the ball in, the harder he cut and hooked"
"He played in 28 Tests and would have played in many more had he not been a contemporary of Lock"
"His footwork often makes the bowling look easier than it really is"
<p class="intro-p">Replacing Mike Brearley as Middlesex captain was a tough call, but Mike Gatting rose to the challenge in 1983…
A dedicated man and a dedicated cricketer
"County cricket and the women’s game did not deserve to be ignored"
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.