
Walter Read: A Surrey giant from the Victorian era – Almanack
"Not even Jupp rendered the county such splendid service"
"Not even Jupp rendered the county such splendid service"
Mohammad Yousuf had an extraordinary run of success on Pakistan’s 2006 tour to England
"At the crease he stood impassively, cap at a rakish angle, knees slightly bent, chewing compulsively"
"Concentration, discipline, commitment and athleticism were the abiding virtues of his game"
"He stood out as the best young captain seen since W.G. Grace in the early days of Gloucestershire"
"He could flog life from the tired limbs of his teammates at the end of the hottest day"
"One of the best amateur all-round cricketers who ever played for Warwickshire"
“He looks like a cricketer, has a cricketer’s face and wears his flannels like a cricketer”
"When he was at his best, no one was more difficult to play under conditions favourable to batting"
"5ft 5in Kallicharran hooked his towering adversary Joel Garner high over square leg for 6 with stunning power"
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.