Tag: Playfair Cricket Monthly (8 articles)
Cricket’s confusing parallel universe – How fixture scheduling and media coverage shape our domestic county game in the current sporting marketplace
Posted: 22nd September 2015
As the end of the domestic cricket season approaches, I sense a feeling of relief, not because I want the cricket to end but because, I won’t have to try…
Category: Cricket - Editorial
An era quietly vanishing – A review of the 2015 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
Posted: 6th May 2015
He’s got it just right. That was my spontaneous feeling when I read a phrase in the preface to the new Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for 2015 written by editor Lawrence…
Category: Cricket Annuals
300 Test wickets and just a handshake – A look back at the 1964 English cricket season
Posted: 12th August 2014
Fred Trueman and 1964. That summer was a significant time for the Yorkshire fast bowler as towards its’ end, he took his 300th wicket in Test cricket. Fred was the…
Category: Cricket - Editorial
From controversey to acclaim – A brief guide to the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine
Posted: 18th December 2012
Launched in June 1979 under license from John Wisden & Co, the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine is remembered for many things but especially for two controversial incidents, especially what arose…
Category: Cricket Magazines
In the Spotlight and always a great read – A brief guide to the Playfair Cricket Monthly magazine
Posted: 18th December 2012
At last I could relax. I’d just bought a complete set of Playfair Cricket Monthly magazines and everything was in order. But why would there be any angst about buying…
Category: Cricket Magazines