
The Ten: Weird cricketing eating habits and food endorsements
"The history of the game is full of curious culinary yarns"
"The history of the game is full of curious culinary yarns"
The All-rounders Issue, featuring an exclusive interview with Sir Ian Botham
“I’m sure the West Indies are quaking in their boots”
Some of cricket’s most messy and lurid battles have required more than the judgement of an umpire to settle matters
"From Caddick's Lordly magic to Sydney 2008"
"Sometimes it pays to mix things up a bit"
“In that heat of the moment I really wanted to physically beat him”
“Bradman. Bowled. Hollies, Nought. Bowled Hollies. Nought. What can you say?”
"A fundamental lack of seriousness: thank heavens for that"
Botham appeared alongside Boris Johnson at an event in Durham in 2016
Issue 42 of WCM is in shops from March 25:
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.