In his latest wisden.com column, Lawrence Booth dissects where both England and Australia’s Test sides stand after the end of a mad summer.

Brian Close, who died on September 14th 2015, had a long and storied career for Yorkshire, Somerset and England. The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack captured a remarkable life with this obituary in 2016.

Two years before the ‘Ball of the Century’, a young Shane Warne had to negotiate the tough crowds and tricky conditions of the Lancashire League.