TCP SAYS…

Alex Narey @anarey_NLP
When Bloomsbury Publishing approached Lawrence Booth to be the new editor of Wisden in late 2010, it was somewhat reflective of a changing of the guard for both English and world cricket. At the time of Booth’s appointment, or least the announcement of it, England were sweeping up the remnants of a depleted Australian batting line-up on their way to a thumping innings victory in the fifth Test of that winter’s Ashes series. With the tourists winning the Urn for the first time on Australian soil since 1986/87, and with Booth, at 35, beco...