
Best and Worst: Revolutionaries – From Packer's circus to Gatting's rebels
We all want to change the world, some of this lot did, and some didn’t
We all want to change the world, some of this lot did, and some didn’t
“Yesterday one-day cricket died, and Greg Chappell should be buried with it”
“Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel”
"A fundamental lack of seriousness: thank heavens for that"
From the very first guard of honour to an overstepping Sri Lankan.
“You dig a hole, you fill it mate”
"He certainly isn’t grovelling. This is a victory pose"
The England all-rounder was one of the most influential figures in the development of the modern game
Only one man could captain this lot...
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.