CK Nayudu
First-class cricket in six decades
Edward Liddle profiles the remarkable man who first led India onto the Test match field
Viv Richards
A symbol of West Indian supremacy
David Frith's 1986 profile of Viv Richards
August 1993
So long Beefy
Former England captain David Gower farewells his old sparring-partner Ian Botham
The greatest?
WCM archive June 2000
England v Rest of the World 1970
Steven Lynch talks to some of the veterans of the 1970 Rest of the World series ... one that you won't find in the record books... more
Cricket as a situations game
England v Australia, 5th Test, The Oval, 1953
Trevor Bailey recalls the day that England won the Ashes in 1953... more
Farewell to all this
John Arlott retired at the end of the 1980 season. That October, he looked back on his final summer on the circuit... more
The iron duke
John Arlott shows Douglas Jardine to be something other than the tight-lipped assassin of the Bodyline campaign... more
'It all came down to the follow-on'
Wisden Cricket Monthly, June 1981
Les Ames, England's famous pre-war batsmanwicketkeeper, recalls the 1934 Lord's Tes... more
'Jeez ... what have we got here'
Wisden Cricket Monthly, September 1997
That was what Ian Chappell asked himself when Jeff Thomson joined Dennis Lillee in his Australian side... more
No batsman his master
John Arlott profiles a great and cheerful bowler - Maurice Tate... more
Colin Milburn - An Indomitable Spirit
Matthew Engel's tribute to boyhood hero Colin Milburn... more
Reverse swing - a rough guide
Scyld Berry traces the history of a lethal weapon and gets the inside story from England's leading reverser - Darren Gough... more
The fall of Azharuddin
Sidharth Bhatia in Delhi reveals how India's CBI brought the bookies to book and dethroned an Indian hero back in 2001... more
Tufty
Gordon Phillips remembers his tragic hero... more
Too fast
If comparisons are odious, let a superlative suffice... more
Behind the romantic façade
David Underdown dispenses with the rose-tinted spectacles often associated with the game in the 18th century and tours the grounds of southern England courtesy of the diaries of John Baker, a regular spectator at Hambledon's matches in the 1700s...... more
George Headley - An Old Master
David Frith looks back at George Headley's career... more
In love with Lord's
In 1993, David Frith talked with Keith Miller, a man who usually shunned interviews ...... more
Our greatest cricket scribe
Arthur Gibson's portrait of the late Neville Cardus... more
The Watson- Bailey epic
John Arlott's personal reflections on the great England rearguard at Lord's in 1953, when, it seemed, half the country held its breath all afternoon... more
The second tied Test
It had to happen: eventually Test cricket was going to produce another tie, to go with the historic Brisbane match of 1960-61... more
The cricketer who won the Grand National
John Philip Wilson played for Yorkshire, was a war hero ..... more
We already knew he could bat
A look back at the day when Graeme Hick almost beat Archie MacLaren's Championship record score of 425... more
The survival of Wisden
Murray Hedgcock traces Wisden's progress through good times and bad, recession, depression and German bombing... more
The great entertainer
John Arlott paid tribute to Denis Compton on his 70th birthday in 1988... more
Pakistani plunder
John Arlott recalls the surprise maiden victory in 1954, when the team led by Abdul Hafeez Kardar and inspired by Fazal Mahmood humbled England at The Oval... more
The end of room mates
Lord MacLaurin has decreed that England players will no longer share hotel rooms... more
Miller the magnificent
John Arlott recalls Keith Miller, Australia's charismatic allrounder of the 1940s and 1950s... more
Shrewsbury's sorrows
Arthur Shrewsbury: a sad end © The Cricketer In the winter of 1901-02, Arthur Shrewsbury found himself homeless... more
The Southend slaughter
Essex v Australians, Southend, May 15-17 1948
There have been some bloodthirsty battles in southern Essex... more
The history of WCM ...
Wisden Cricket Monthly - June1979 to September 2003
Steven Lynch plots the 24-year life of Wisden Cricket Monthly... more
Summer of Love
When you fall for cricket the first season is the most memorable... more
The straight six
As this magazine enters its seventh year, EJ Brack assesses its history and impact... more
Farewell to all this
John Arlott looks back over his final season on the circuit... more
Feuds for thought
Simon Wilde picks his top five rivalries... more
Ramadhin and Valentine - little friends of mine
John Arlott looks back 40 years to the powerful West Indian tourists of 1950... more
The game was never the same
Wisden Cricket Monthly - December 2002
Twenty-five years ago, on December 2, 1977 to be precise, Australian cricket lovers turning on their television sets had for the first time a choice in their bill of fare... more
Summer of Love
Wisden Cricket Monthly - January 2001
Tanya Aldred recalls the summer of 1985, when she fell in love with cricket... more
They miss, I hit
Wisden Cricket Monthly October 2000
Frank Keating remembers the greatest straight man of them all - Brian Statham of Lancashire and England... more
Real deal
The Toronto experience proves that cricket can open up new markets... more
The artistic marksman
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The global village bobby
The Scyld Berry Essay - March 1998
International cricket has begun to resemble a mad whirl. But at the centre of the merry-go-round stands a reassuringly calm figure: umpire Steve Bucknor. No Test series is complete without him... more
Life after Botham
A review of the newspaper coverage that followed Ian Botham's announcement of his retirement... more
The Tiger's last hurrah
Bill O'Reilly's last interview... more
Was he not the greatest?
David Frith pays tribute to Bill O'Reilly... more
The long summer dream
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The endearing eccentric
Wisden Cricket Monthly - July 1991
RJO Meyer was one of the most colourful of county cricketers. Here David Foot expands on his exploits and unique outlook on life... more
Hair today
David Cotton peers through the barber's mirror... more
The great Constantine
Peter Rochford remembers the most spectacular West Indian of them all.... more
Burge the best?
Wisden Cricket Monthly, January 1989
John Arlott ushers in another Australian year with a look back 25 years to the 1964 Ashes battle... more
The outrageous Cec
Stephen Thorpe recalls a great character, legspinner, legpuller and umpire Cec Pepper... more
The youngest County Championship cricketer
Wisden Cricket Monthly - August 1988
Andrew Hignell remembers a Glamorgan debutant of tender years... more
Flashpoint Faisalabad
Jack Bannister's report on the uniquely acrimonious second Test match between Pakistan and England at Faisalabad in December 1987... more
'There has been one miscarriage of justice after another'
Quotes in the aftermath of the Mike Gatting - Shakoor Rana row... more
Purgatory in Pakistan
David Frith's editorial appeared in the aftermath of the Faisalabad Test of December 1987... more
Flair and style
Throwing muck on a cricketer's white flannels is El Vino Dorado to some newspaper editors... more
'What did you do at Lord's, Grandpa?'
David Frith talks to Bill Brown. This article appeared in Wisden Cricket Monthly in 1987... more
Thanks for the memory
John Arlott floats his mind back to the exquisite (for England) Australian tour of 1954-55... more
The big fella
Jim Laker's tribute to his old comrade-in-arms, Alec Bedser... more
Unthanked captains
E. M. Wellings finds that David Gower is by no means the first to suffer an unjustified axeing by the selectors... more
Two for the gods
Peter McFarline assesses the Test careers of Greg Chappell and Dennis Lillee... more
The Archie Jackson story
Harold Larwood on Archie Jackson... more
My baptism of fire
Australia v England, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1954-55
Keith Andrew recalls a gruelling experience in Brisbane in 1954... more
A flair for pointing the right direction
Jim Laker outlines the long and important service given to cricket by Raman Subba Row... more
When time really dragged
April 1982 - Memorable Matches
England and Kent legspinner Doug Wright recalls a famous and gruelling match in Durban in 1938-39... more
Sri Lanka come of age
David Frith, the WCM editor, travelled to Sri Lanka to watch their inaugural Test against England in February 1982... more
Selectors' fancies
John Arlott on those who deserved to play more often for their country... more
The Alderman incident
David Frith on the Perth Test of 1982-83 and the marketing of that summer's Ashes... more
When Farnes was reduced to tears
August 1981 - Memorable Matches
Yorkshire and England fast bowler Bill Bowes remembers a sensational match at Scarborough... more
The best who never
John Arlott chooses a strong 'England XI' from those who were never thus honoured... more
Grim prophecy fulfilled
Wisden Cricket Monthly, March 1981
David Frith on the controversial 'underarm' incident of 1981 between Australia and New Zealand... more
The two Davids
A refreshing appraisal of two latterday Test heroes by one of our younger contributors, Philip Wynn Owen... more
Memories of '48
John Arlott recalls the last triumphant tour by Don Bradman... more
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