Lawrence Booth
@boothcricket.bsky.social
Editor of Wisden and cricket correspondent of the Daily Mail
It was lovely that four of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year made it to Tuesday's dinner at Lord's to mark the launch of the 2025 Almanack - Liam Dawson, Sophie Ecclestone, Gus Atkinson and Dan Worrall. (Jamie Smith couldn't make it.) Thanks to Clare Adams for the photo.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was lovely that four of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year made it to Tuesday's dinner at Lord's to mark the launch of the 2025 Almanack - Liam Dawson, Sophie Ecclestone, Gus Atkinson and Dan Worrall. (Jamie Smith couldn't make it.) Thanks to Clare Adams for the photo.
🏏 I've ranked the 18 first-class county HQs - highly subjective, of course, but good fun. See if you agree www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke...
April 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🏏 I've ranked the 18 first-class county HQs - highly subjective, of course, but good fun. See if you agree www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke...
The new edition of @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social has landed. Publication is April 24.
March 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The new edition of @wisdenalmanack.bsky.social has landed. Publication is April 24.
Hamilton’s Waikato - a proper river
December 14, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Hamilton’s Waikato - a proper river
Looking for a Christmas present for a cricket-loving friend? On the day England won their first Test series in New Zealand for 16 years, dare I suggest Bazball, co-written with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Looking for a Christmas present for a cricket-loving friend? On the day England won their first Test series in New Zealand for 16 years, dare I suggest Bazball, co-written with @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social
It’s a decent view from the top of the Basin Reserve…
December 8, 2024 at 3:03 AM
It’s a decent view from the top of the Basin Reserve…
Wellington’s Basin Reserve - another of New Zealand’s great Test venues
December 3, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Wellington’s Basin Reserve - another of New Zealand’s great Test venues
Lyttelton, near Christchurch, was looking in good nick on what was supposed to have been the fifth day of the first Test
December 2, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Lyttelton, near Christchurch, was looking in good nick on what was supposed to have been the fifth day of the first Test
Not a bad spot for a Test match
November 30, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Not a bad spot for a Test match
The view from the press tent at Hagley Oval. Twenty minutes until the toss...
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
The view from the press tent at Hagley Oval. Twenty minutes until the toss...
The Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, contested as of tomorrow by New Zealand and England. It's made from two bats: the Gunn & Moore used by Crowe to score a century at Lord's in 1994, and the Kookaburra used by Thorpe to make hundreds at Auckland and Wellington in 1996-97.
November 27, 2024 at 1:57 AM
The Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, contested as of tomorrow by New Zealand and England. It's made from two bats: the Gunn & Moore used by Crowe to score a century at Lord's in 1994, and the Kookaburra used by Thorpe to make hundreds at Auckland and Wellington in 1996-97.