
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 43: Styling it out with Dan Lawrence
"I’m so far from Eton, I couldn’t tell you what they do”
"I’m so far from Eton, I couldn’t tell you what they do”
England's Test captain speaks to WCM ahead of a monster year
“As soon as you’ve accepted who you are, that is the most important thing”
“A half-volley’s a half-volley whether it’s first ball or 101st”
"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"
Presenting the country's best young batsmen
"When things become too samey, too comfy, it’s a problem"
“The people running the game don’t care about black people”
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:
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.