
Colin Cowdrey: A batsman far above the ordinary – Almanack
"Hutton considered May and Cowdrey the two best batsmen in the world under twenty-five"
"Hutton considered May and Cowdrey the two best batsmen in the world under twenty-five"
It's a strange world out there and cricketers are no different
"A summer when the memories forged were simply never to fade"
“If it was his day, he could set the team on the path to victory”
"We were an outstanding team. From No.9 up everyone had scored a first-class hundred"
Who joins Sir Alastair Cook in this XI of English cricketing knights?
The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack pays tribute to the first English cricketer to be given a peerage
One last time!
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.