
Jack Russell: Weetabix, well-worn hats, and wicketkeeping
"My wife is the only person I allowed to repair the hat"
"My wife is the only person I allowed to repair the hat"
Kit Harris writes in issue 6 of the Pinch Hitter
"Umpire, if that had hit him on the head, he would be dead"
"Cricket for juniors has to be played all year round”
From the very first guard of honour to an overstepping Sri Lankan.
“I won Player of the Year last year, why would I want to quit?”
"‘Mateship’. That elusive and, let’s be frank, entirely made up term"
“Being a role model now .... I think it’s great”
"Remember that amazing WC semi-final when Kambli scored 120* to conjure a miracle win for India?"
"At that moment keeping quiet seems like quite a good idea, and so that’s what Hick does"
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.