
From Wasim's diabetes to Fred's lost toes – the tales of ten cricket soldiers
"Players who laughed in the face of disability and proclaimed: 'Tis nothing but a scratch, sir!'”
"Players who laughed in the face of disability and proclaimed: 'Tis nothing but a scratch, sir!'”
Childs took 89 wickets at 16.29 in Essex's Championship winning campaign in 1986
"Keep your toes close, but your fingers closer"
"He loved to immerse himself in a long spell, building pressure and patiently awaiting his moment"
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.