
Wisden Cricketers of the Year: The trickiest of selections - Almanack
"County cricket and the women’s game did not deserve to be ignored"
"County cricket and the women’s game did not deserve to be ignored"
International cricket's leading wicket-taker faced plenty of controversy over his action during his career
Bell was no longer the wide-eyed youngster who had once been putty in Shane Warne’s hands
Cricket rarely feels more alive than when Kohli is batting
"Their inability to seize the key moments is a blight that continues to affect their overseas Test cricket"
"It would be perverse not to give Root time. But time, more than ever, is of the essence"
"Because, at the end of a summer as mad as this one, we all believe in momentum, right?"
"The Ashes were on the line, yet England were listless. That’s a black mark in any captain’s book"
Wisden Almanack editor Lawrence Booth on Stokes, Lyon and the thrilling climax of the Headingley classic
Wisden Almanack editor on Archer, Leach, Smith and concussion subs
Issue 31 of WCM is in shops from April 30.
The most famous sports book in the world, the Almanack has been published every year since 1864.
Inside the 156th edition:
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.