Wisden Cricket Monthly's wallchart is back for 2026 and details all the domestic and international fixtures for the forthcoming English season.
Perfect for everywhere from a clubhouse wall to the fridge door
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Playing with Politics
Itay Goder on cricket’s tradition of fair play colliding with conscience
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A superb, nuanced article about one of the Caribbean’s greatest players.
(And a good way to distract from the depressing reality of today is by going back to the depressing realities of yesteryear.)
Got my copy of @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social 53 in the mail today. I cannot thank @missingintheslips.bsky.social enough for taking an interest in my little podcast #Cricket🏏 journey. Still hard to believe and still so humbled.
In the new issue of WCM, out now, Andrew Miller has his say on the T20 World Cup
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West Indian cricket’s first revolutionary
Vaneisa Baksh on Learie and his lineage for Nightwatchman 53
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I spy a 2026 Cricket Season WALL CHART!!!
Issue 95 of Wisden Cricket Monthly is available now in print and digital formats
The cover of the most recent County Cricket Matters, which is a painting by Jack Russell titled 'stumping'--about which he knows a thing or two--and which bears the tag line The Ashes Aftermath. It's not going to be a fun read, is it?
it is snowing again. I finished @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social yesterday and am planning on the day with @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social but tomorrow was looming already, so imagine my delight when this arrived in the post today. Thank you @anniechave.bsky.social and @ccmatters.bsky.social. #cricket
The latest issue of The Nightwatchman is hot off the press. Grab your copy now!
Issue 95 of Wisden Cricket Monthly is out now
They reveal the 50 best uncapped players in the county game, talk to some of those who came out on top, and assess their chances of breaking into the Test team
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Some good stuff in The Nightwatchman as always.
In the post: the latest edition of @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social Always a very stimulating read
I’ve got something in this issue about Charlie Buller, whose life reads like something from a novel. On sale now!
Issue 53 of The Nightwatchman is out now, packed with excellent long-form cricket writing from Vaneisa Baksh, Cris Andrews, Andy Moles, Garfield Robinson, Margaret Brecknell and more
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The cover of issue 53 of The Nightwatchman.
It has arrived in the US. It's good. It always is, though, rather, alas, like an Aus test side, so no surprise but more welcome for having a little piece by me about @absentmindguy.bsky.social. Great fun working with Matt @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social. I appreciated the opportunity.
The opening paragraphs of Making the Case in the current issue of The Nightwatchman. Here is the origin story: 20 runs needed from the final over. There are wickets in hand, but it’s Matt Henry and Zak Foulkes batting; neither is a rabbit, but it’s Logan van Beek bowling, so you’d probably put your money on him to secure the win. Depending on how you look at it, either the bowler made a complete mess of things, two consecutive wides in the middle of the over and the shot between them going for six, or the batters managed the over to perfection, two singles rotating the strike and three sixes, including Foulkes’ last ball maximum to secure victory by four wickets, 173 for 7 against 177 for 6. Either way, it came down to the last ball. In New Braunfels, Texas, former sports reporter for a daily paper, father of two, and middle school special education teacher with a primary focus in Mathematics, Shaun Springfield, had some down time, so he hooked up a projector for some of his students and showed them a cricket match live from New Zealand. It was the Super Smash eliminator, Canterbury v Wellington, in Hamilton on 26 January 2024. It came down to Foulkes against van Beek. It was also the first match he or his students had watched live. Almost immediately afterwards, Springfield posted on his then-blog Shaun Does Stuff, to announce that “Cricket is amazing. My advice: if you are not watching cricket, you should start.”
I have just seen the PDF of the new @nightwatchmanxi.bsky.social. @absentmindguy.bsky.social is the focus of one story. I would recommend it, but modesty forbids... The other pieces are excellent, of course.
The Adil Rashid succession plan: Four spinners who could be England's next white-ball No.1 - Katya Witney
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The ECB and the eight Hundred teams have released a joint statement following reports that sides linked to the Indian Premier League would decline to sign players from Pakistan - @benwisden.bsky.social
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Moeen Ali: Players could act over Pakistan exclusion from The Hundred
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Four notable County Championship off-season signings, and why they matter
Katya Witney for @wisdencricket.bsky.social
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Mark Butcher: Jofra Archer must re-find new-ball bite to cover England's clear vulnerabilities
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The Cricketers’ Who’s Who 2026
The essential guide to the 2026 cricket season. Everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 counties, including an in-depth women’s section
Foreword by Annie Chave
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Why Matt Prior is stepping in to save his boyhood club
Former England wicketkeeper and Sussex player Matt Prior on how Sussex fell into financial disarray, and why the club's culture must change - Katya Witney
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How will England fare against West Indies this afternoon?
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Associate excellence at T20 World Cup lights path to future less dependent on India-Pakistan rivalry
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Wisden's Men's U19 World Cup 2026 team of the tournament
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The Cricketers’ Who’s Who 2026
The essential guide to the 2026 cricket season. Everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 counties, including an in-depth women’s section
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