
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 39: Joe Root exclusive interview
England's Test captain speaks to WCM ahead of a monster year
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”
"Cricket’s narrowness is not just confined to race"
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.