A handpicked selection of the best cricket writing, a great gift idea and a must-have for anyone who loves the game.

Everything you need to know if you are ordering The Nightwatchman as a gift.

Matt Thacker introduces the latest edition of The Nightwatchman, out September 13.

The Windies legends reveal the secrets to success for a new-ball duo.

Managing Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the summer 2019 issue, Derek Pringle’s account of his brush with World Cup glory.

Matt Thacker introduces the summer 2019 edition of The Nightwatchman – a World Cup special.

Managing Editor Matt Thacker introduces the spring 2019 edition of The Nightwatchman.

Matt Thacker introduces the latest issue of The Nightwatchman.

Managing Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Autumn 2018 issue

Adam Collins on the Australian master commentator.

Matt Thacker introduces the autumn 2018 issue of The Nightwatchman

Listen to the second installment of our new podcast, featuring Clare Connor and Adam Collins.

Matt Thacker introduces issue 22 of The Nightwatchman…

Managing Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Spring 2018 issue

Tom Holland hosts a lecture exploring the case of the Piltdown Man and his cricket bat at the School of Advanced Studies.

Issue 20 of The Nightwatchman is out now. Have a read of Kamran Abbasi’s contribution to whet your appetite.

Matt Thacker introduces the new issue and celebrates five years of The Nightwatchman.

Issue 19, a TMS special edition, is out on September 10. Here’s a sneak preview in the form of Simon Barnes on John Arlott…

Matt Thacker introduces the latest issue of The Nightwatchman…

Matt Thacker introduces the latest issue of The Nightwatchman.

With Father’s Day approaching, we’ve selected an extract from Patrick Neate’s essay from issue 1 on character, KP and his dad.

Matt Thacker makes his choice from the summer 2017 edition.

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Managing Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Spring 2017 issue. Matt has picked Simon Barnes’s piece on KP’s 2005 innings of rare genius.

Matt Thacker introduces the latest issue of The Nightwatchman. The Oval is the focal point of this special edition.

Listen to the inaugural episode of our new podcast!

Fancy Joining us in the Long Room at The Kia Oval on April 3 for The Nightwatchman quiz?

Read Tanya Aldred’s piece from issue 6 of The Nightwatchman.

Issue 16 of The Nightwatchman is out now. Matt Thacker introduces the latest edition.

Managing Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Winter 2016 issue.

We’re delighted to announce a new partnership with WisdenAuction.com, a website set up to connect and service collectors of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

Find out how to get your hands on a stylish, Cross pen worth £25.

Matt Thacker has picked Richard Smyth’s beautiful short story as this month’s Editor’s Choice.

Ahead of Barbados’s 50th anniversary of independence celebrations, we’ve created a special issue of The Nightwatchman focusing on the island’s rich cricketing history.

Issue 15 of The Nightwatchman is out now. Tanya Aldred introduces the latest edition.

Issue 14 of The Nightwatchman is out now. Tanya Aldred introduces another eclectic and enchanting array of contributions.

Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Summer 2016 issue – Marcus Leroux’s recollections of playing cricket in Northern Ireland.

New to The Nightwatchman? We’ve put together an anthology of extracts from our first three years. Click the headline above to find out more and download a PDF for free.

Editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from the Spring 2016 issue – Ian McMillan’s love letter to Yorkshire cricket.

For every new order of a print product between 18th and 20th March, we’ll donate £5 to Sport Relief!

Issue 13 of The Nightwatchman is a county cricket special, featuring contributions relating to all of the first-class counties.

In 2014 Martin Crowe wrote an article for issue 7 of The Nightwatchman.

Award-winning novelist, journalist and broadcaster Sebastian Faulks has lauded issue 12 of The Nightwatchman.

To mark Shiv Chanderpaul’s retirement, here’s an extract from Christian Ryan’s Nightwatchman article on ‘the crab’.

The latest edition of The Nightwatchman is fit to burst, with contributions covering the usual wide range of subject matter and styles.

Editor Anjali Doshi makes her selection from the Winter 2015 issue, Manu Joseph’s piece on the Indian identification with Rahul Dravid.

The eleventh issue of The Nightwatchman is out now. This issue may, using batting order parlance, be last man in for our first XI but we trust its contribution to the total will be no less significant for that fact…

Editor Tanya Aldred makes her selection from the Autumn 2015 issue: Hugh Chevalier’s piece reflecting on the similarities between the sad tales of Ben Stroud and Philip Hughes.

Friday October 30 saw The Nightwatchman featured in The Times Literary Supplement.

June 3 saw The Nightwatchman host our latest, devilishly tricky quiz, this time in aid of the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation.

The tenth issue of The Nightwatchman is out now. Having made it to double figures, we’re starting to play a little more expansively…

The ninth issue of The Nightwatchman is out now. Our first effort of 2015 includes 19 contributions on topics as diverse as Willy Quaife, cricket’s political leanings and Wasim Akram’s jumper. As usual there’s plenty of wit and frivolity, but…

The distinguished activist, author, journalist and Nightwatchman contributor Mike Marqusee passed away this week.

Editor Anjali Doshi makes her selection from Issue 9. We’ll only publish one article from each edition on the website, but you can see the rest if you subscribe or buy an individual issue or bundle. Anjali has selected Tunku…

Managing editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from Issue 8. We’ll only publish one article from each edition on the website, but you can see the rest if you subscribe or buy an individual issue or bundle. Matt has selected…

The eighth issue of The Nightwatchman is out now. Our latest issues is a green ‘un and a good ‘un. Conifer-coloured cover detail aside, we have 19 new contributors who – despite being on debut – have put together an…

January 7 will see The Nightwatchman hold a quiz in aid of Chance to Shine. While many people celebrate a famous epiphany on January 6, the participants at The Nightwatchman’s inaugural quiz night will be hoping that their own moment…

Our 4- and 8-issues bundles make the perfect stocking filler for sports fans… It probably won’t have escaped your attention that it won’t be long until Santa will be squeezing his way down your chimney and rooting around your Christmas…

Managing editor Matt Thacker makes his selection from Issue 7. We’ll only publish one article from each edition on the website, but you can see the rest if you subscribe or buy an individual issue or bundle. Matt has selected…

The Nightwatchman is off on its travels, with 25 or so of its contributors appearing in the Waitrose tent at the Cheltenham Literature Festival between 3 and 12 October. Marcus Berkmann, Rob Steen, David Tossell, Nick Hogg, David Franklin, Mike…

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In the third (Autumn 2013) issue of The Nightwatchman, out on 10th September 2013, John Crace suddenly finds he retired a year ago, Chloe Saltau discusses the curious case of Fawad Ahmed, Aakash Chopra gives an insider’s view of the IPL, Rob Steen celebrates…

The Nightwatchman is the perfect gift for a cricket-loving friend or family member. It’s easy to buy a single copy, a bundle of 4 issues or a recurring subscription for someone you love. Just enter their name and address in…

In the second (June 2013) issue of The Nightwatchman Gideon Haigh describes how culture and cricket bind together in Papua New Guinea, Suresh Menon gets out of the press box and into the stands, Andy Zaltzman explores the myths and legends…

Our co-editor Tanya Aldred makes her selection from Issue 2 and tells us why. We’ll only publish one article from each edition on the website, but you can see the rest if you subscribe or buy an individual issue. Tanya…

The first issue of The Nightwatchman has arrived in selected WHSmith stores in the UK for a limited time only. So if you’d like to see what the new Wisden cricket quarterly looks like in all its material splendour before…

Andy Zaltzman, David Foot, Rahul Bhattacharya, Lawrence Booth and Jonathan Wilson (editor of the peerless football quarterly The Blizzard) are writing pieces for our second issue, out in June 2013. Andy tells us why a batsman in the 90s should…

Every quarter, one of our editorial board will choose an article from the latest issue. We asked the evil genius who masterminded The Nightwatchman, Matt Thacker, to make his selection from Issue 1 and to tell us why. We’ll only…

In the first (March 2013) issue of The Nightwatchman, running to 140 pages of print, Jon Hotten muses on the role of nightwatchman, Wisden India editor Anand Vasu ponders the itinerant life of the modern professional cricketer and Siddharta Vaidyanathan waxes lyrical…

Osman Samiuddin and Tanya Aldred co-edit The Nightwatchman. Matt Thacker is the managing editor. Osman is sports writer for Abu Dhabi-based The National newspaper and formerly worked as editor for Cricinfo. Tanya is now sports writer for the Telegraph, having previously…