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Jon Gemmell
Mumbai Indians' Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai, India, May 4, 2026
Cricket / 8 May 2026
From Geopolitics to Social Division. The 2026 Wisden
8 May 2026

JON GEMMELL reviews cricket’s almanac — with India and Pakistan taking centre stage

England's Harold Larwood bowling to Warren Bardsley, August 18, 1926
Men’s cricket / 4 May 2026
The strike that forged a cricketing generation
4 May 2026

Hardship during the 1926 lockout helped uncover talent that would go on to define county cricket, writes JON GEMMELL

England's Gus Atkinson celebrates after dismissing Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis during day four of the second Rothesay Men's Test match at Lord's, London. Picture date: Sunday September 1, 2024
Men’s Cricket / 13 May 2025
Themes of inequality and injustice in this year’s Wisden
13 May 2025

JON GEMMELL presents his annual review of ’the bible of cricket,’ which provides insight into the sport, and its social, economic and political setting

Australia' players celebrate after Australia won the ICC Men
Cricket / 9 May 2024
Wisden highlights the Politics of a Divided Sport
9 May 2024
JON GEMMELL reviews the 2024 edition of the famous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which has been published every year since 1864
A protest against Yorkshire CCC's treatment of former cricke
Men’s Cricket / 9 May 2022
Tackling Social Justice through the pages of Wisden
9 May 2022
JON GEMMELL takes us through his annual review of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Men's Cricket / 23 April 2020
Cricket before the coronavirus — a review of the 2020 Wisden
23 April 2020
Sport / 26 April 2019
Wisden 2019: The Hundred, Sandpaper and Brexit
26 April 2019
Book Review / 28 December 2018
A Socialist Examination of Cricket
28 December 2018
General view of India, Great Britain and England flags flyin
Men's Cricket / 31 July 2018
India’s ascension to sole superpower
31 July 2018
England women’s cricket team pose with the World Cup trophy
Women's Cricket / 22 April 2018
Inclusion in the T20 era
22 April 2018
JON GEMMELL digs into the latest edition of cricketer’s bible Wisden and considers the social issues thrown up this year