
From Surrey highs to topsy-turvy England ride – The Thorpe and Butcher story
"If he hadn’t have got injured he would have comfortably played 100 Tests"
"If he hadn’t have got injured he would have comfortably played 100 Tests"
"Everyone had the ability to make it a special day"
"It’s not overshadowing each other"
“It was just ridiculous the amount of overs I bowled”
"The best I batted for England was my double hundred at The Oval"
“I think Duncan Fletcher is very much a polarising figure in English cricket"
From Graeme Hick to Phil Simmons
“I’m a 29-year-old who’s probably played a 25- or 26-year-old’s cricket”
"Unbreakable bonds and faulty networks"
Finally secure in his role as England captain, Joe Root now faces a quest to define his legacy
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.