
The Ten: Famous cricket leaks
"A leak, as the old saying sort of goes, is not just a town in Staffordshire"
"A leak, as the old saying sort of goes, is not just a town in Staffordshire"
"When Benaud arrived in England with his team he pledged them to play attractive cricket"
"A summer when the memories forged were simply never to fade"
"It’s the whole 22 yards for these star-crossed lovers"
"Even when his colleagues were tired he could summon fresh energy"
“Akmal you have my heart... don’t drop it!”
“And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century”
"His long hair flying and his features adorned with a moustache in the best tradition of old-time cricketers"
"In Benaud’s typical tone, 'one of the more exciting days of cricket'"
“You dig a hole, you fill it mate”
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.