
The Ten: Cricketers we lost too soon
Richard H Thomas remembers the cricketers who left us far too early
Richard H Thomas remembers the cricketers who left us far too early
"He believed that Hitler and the Nazis were an evil that had to be stopped"
“We knew that the Lord had delivered them into our hands”
“Playing for Yorkshire under Sellers was as much a test of temperament and character as it was of technique”
"Yorkshire owed a great deal to the fine work accomplished by their left-hand bowler"
“The Gods of the game, who sit up aloft and watch, will remember the loveliness of it all, the style,…
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.