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West Indian cricket’s first revolutionary

Vaneisa Baksh on Learie and his lineage

By Vaneisa Baksh

The Name’s Pugh, Tom Pugh

Oliver Price with the tumultuous tale of one of the last true amateurs

By Oliver Price

A Proper Character

Luke Alfred is fascinated by David Steele

By Luke Alfred

Issue 53 (February 2026) of the Nightwatchman, Wisden's Cricket Quarterly, is out now.

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