
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 42: The County Issue – new season special
Why we need county cricket more than ever
Why we need county cricket more than ever
Marking the 40th anniversary of Roland Butcher becoming England’s first black Test cricketer
“As soon as you’ve accepted who you are, that is the most important thing”
" A stalwart umpire of the Hampshire cricketing circuit"
"Make cricket more representative of our population at large, and the media will follow"
“A half-volley’s a half-volley whether it’s first ball or 101st”
Jo Harman speaks to the most influential English cricketer of the 20th century
"The real quicks leave their mark everywhere"
"A record-breaking run- machine from the Lancashire League"
"A hugely popular and widely admired all-round cricketer"
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.