WG Grace: The imperfect man whose towering presence transformed the game – Almanack
"A true measurement of W.G.’s unique stature is that he is instantly identifiable"
"A true measurement of W.G.’s unique stature is that he is instantly identifiable"
"My wife is the only person I allowed to repair the hat"
"Like Hammond, he was gifted with a flair for a ball which enabled him to excel at any sport attracting…
“Andrew Symonds was never going to be a guy who hung on right to the end”
Hammond scored 50,551 first-class runs – 7,249 of them in Tests
“I’ll never in my life make way for that bugger”
"Barring the Graces themselves, the county has never had such an all-round player"
"The club is in touch with the player concerned and has initiated a full internal investigation"
“Once Courtney had arrived, they used to arrive looking like ghosts because they were so terrified”
The club did reveal promising financial projections
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.