
The long and short of it: Cricket's ten most remarkable journeys
From short strolls to global adventures ...
From short strolls to global adventures ...
"The months that followed the series saw huge changes in the perception of cricket in England"
"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"
"People didn’t seem to think cricket was a tough game, but I knew different"
"It was gloriously fearless cricket: this was England, but not as we knew it"
Some long, some snappy, a few arse-nippers and large dollops of tension
From Graham Napier to Dimitri Mascharenhas
“I became known as a fat cricketer"
From Jamaica 1990 to Mumbai 2012
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The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 19:
The most famous sports book in the world, the Almanack has been published every year since 1864.
The 158th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing, and reflects on an unprecedented year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Writers include Lawrence Booth, Sir Garfield Sobers, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Gideon Haigh, Andy Zaltzman, Tom Holland, Duncan Hamilton, Robert Winder, Matthew Engel, Scyld Berry, Derek Pringle, Jack Leach and James Anderson. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
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.