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 2013.

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Contents list:

Matt Thacker introduces issue 46 of the Nightwatchman

Richard Edwards on memories of the miners’ strike 40 years on

Trevor Auger tells the tale of John Sparling on the road

David Woodhouse explains how cricket and literature lead to fantasy XIs

Nicholas Hogg takes a catch

Oliver Price discusses Arthur Gilligan, England captain ‘of very strong fascist views’

Matt Appleby surveys the various spin-offs from the big yellow book

The 2023 Wisden Almanack Shorts

Steve Menary reports on how cricket is thriving on a remote island

Saurabh Nagpal investigates vestiges of the past, and destructors of the same

Christopher Sandford charts the remarkable life of an incredibly resilient cricketer

James Thellusson on WG the bowler

John Drew remembers his debut at Lord’s

The Wisden 2023 Photograph of the Year

Sherisa Gumbs looks back at some of the obstacles she has faced

Luke Alfred imagines Jardine and Bradman at Headingley in 1953

Tim Brooks’s hero continues his quest for willow, unaware he is being followed...

Andrew Young talks to Fawad Ahmed about bowling wrist spin in the Caribbean

Tim Beard takes a look at the history and future of Eton v Harrow

Melanie Verwoerd says Tabraiz Shamsi has given her hope for a better world