
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!'”
"Keep your toes close, but your fingers closer"
From Kapil's four in four to Pietersen's massive switch
From manipulating a match for a leather jacket to denying a demi-god a double
"A fundamental lack of seriousness: thank heavens for that"
"His unparalleled results do not merely justify, but demand"
"He knew"
Which is the best Test triple hundred?
‘Colman's Mustard Heads the Field.'
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.