Club cricket: The fading allure of the overseas pro
"There’s little doubt that a sea-change is happening in club cricket"
"There’s little doubt that a sea-change is happening in club cricket"
“I just stood there with my mouth open, thinking: ‘I’ve got Viv Richards out!’”
The fixture was abandoned
It is available in October – after the cricket season, naturally
“In the future I would like to play for England cricket team”
“I was there in Pakistan thinking there’s something missing in my life”
Woodstock Cricket Co has been purchased by a group of investors led by long term shareholder Johnno Gordon
Law 42 was used to deal with the matter
"I didn’t see anybody turn up in full whites on either team"
In the mid-to-late Eighties, before his West Indies Test debut and with one first-class appearance to his name, Curtly…
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, guest-edited by Isa Guha, out May 5:
The 160th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S.F. Barnes, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Wisden also reports on England’s triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team’s thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, James Holland, Jonathan Liew, Emma John, David Frith, Simon Wilde, Jon Hotten, Robert Winder, Tanya Aldred and Neil Harvey, the last survivor from Australia’s famous 1948 Ashes tour of England. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by The Editor, the Cricketers of The Year awards, and the 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.