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From the Wisden Almanack
From the Wisden Almanack
"Even when his colleagues were tired he could summon fresh energy"
With 83 wickets at 17.12, Arnold played a key role in Surrey's 1971 triumph
"Lock is the personification of that perpetual dynamic quality that keeps the game alive"
"At Old Trafford he again touched greatness with his first Test century"
"He rarely sends down a loose ball"
"Few opening batsmen hit the ball as hard as Edrich"
"A natural forcing player, he constantly faced the job of trying to redeem lost causes"
One-third of the great 'W' triumvirate, Walcott was upright, commanding and peerless
Always a punishing type of batsman, Barrington came out in his true colours in the sunny days of 1959
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out August 11:
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.