Cricket and mental health: A healing at Lord's – Almanack
"Cricket grounds are as effective as antidepressants"
"Cricket grounds are as effective as antidepressants"
"If my family did not support me, I would not have made it"
"If I just ran straight into this pole what would happen?"
"When we rebuild our societies, cricket must reflect the values of this changing world"
"I'd been struggling for a long time, bottling it up, and it had started affecting my personal life"
"I'm trying to encourage our players to find some silver lining"
"I thought it would've been an easy escape"
"We’ll give Sophie the time, space and any support she needs"
Pucovski the third Australian, after Glenn Maxwell and Nic Maddinson, to break away from the game citing mental health
2014 England tour felt like 'the end of the world' for Kohli
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 6:
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.