Cricket Magazines

[Rickripper]

I was just wondering, what's the best cricket magazine I can buy in the UK? I bought an issue of All Out Cricket recently, and it was a fairly good read, but seemed a little too England focussed. Little mention of the series in Australia and Sri Lanka. Although features on Joe Denly and Will Smith were pretty interesting.

 

[PhoenixFire]

TWC would be the obvious choice for a good quality cricket magazine TBH.

 

[stumpski]

I have a subscription to TWC (The Wisden Cricketer, an amalgamation of two long-running titles) but also buy AOC and Spin on occasions.

 

[zaremba]

I get TWC which is excellent.
All Out Cricket tries a little bit too hard, and (call me a bitter old pedant) is in dire need of a proof-reader.

 

[fredfertang]

Your a bitter old pedant Mr Z

 

[zaremba]

Your a bitter old pedant Mr Z

I think you mean "you're", Fertang

 

[fredfertang]

I thought it would take at least 10 mins for that Mr Z - you're at Harmison speed today!

 

[stumpski]

Does anyone else find it impossible to throw them away?

I have copies of the Cricketer going back to the early 70s. I have given a few away over the years, but have always regretted it afterwards. Even though I rarely refer back to them.

 

[Rickripper]

Does anyone else find it impossible to throw them away?

I have copies of the Cricketer going back to the early 70s. I have given a few away over the years, but have always regretted it afterwards. Even though I rarely refer back to them.

I'm exactly the same, I have copies of F1 Racing and Empire all over the place, but I know I will never read them again. It's weird, cause I have no problem throwing away newspapers. It must be the glossiness that makes them special.

 

[fredfertang]

Does anyone else find it impossible to throw them away?

I have copies of the Cricketer going back to the early 70s. I have given a few away over the years, but have always regretted it afterwards. Even though I rarely refer back to them.

I struggle to sell/otherwise dispose of any cricket publication even when I have more than one copy which is strange given that I am not generally given to hoarding items of personal property

Personally I would love to own a complete run of the Cricketer (1921-2003) however Mrs Fertang has made it abundantly clear on more than one occasion that such an acquisition would not be permitted

 

[stumpski]

Don't you prefer those old covers as well? Just a photo and the 'Cricketer' logo, date and price. Not covered in gaudy headlines like they are now. That all started with a change of editor in 1978, Reg Hayter wasn't it?

 

[Goughy]

Just been back in the UK and picked up a copy of TWC.

I thought it was excellent.

 

[wpdavid]

Does anyone else find it impossible to throw them away?

I have copies of the Cricketer going back to the early 70s. I have given a few away over the years, but have always regretted it afterwards. Even though I rarely refer back to them.

Yeah, mine are stashed away somewhere going back to 1997 when I first subscribed to what was then WCM. I doubt whether I'll get rid of them. I remember chucking my old NME's from the late70's / early 80's and regretting it almost immediately. Mind you, those probably contained more interesting articles that TWC.

All that being said, I recently let my subscription lapse. I wasn't finding much of interest, and the 'big' features weren't as good as they should have been. There's far better and more up-to-date stuff on the web nowadays, imo.

 

[Spinksy]

The Wisden Cricketer is pretty gun, I don't know any other magazines around England though as I'm Australian...

 

[wisden18]

I have a full run of the TWC, and have the Cricketer from 1964. So slowly getting there with a full run.

 

[Somerset]

Have a subscription with TWC at the moment. New Zealand had this "Offspin" cricket magazine launched a while back but I haven't seen it on any magazine stands for six months or so.

 

[Craig]

I struggle to sell/otherwise dispose of any cricket publication even when I have more than one copy which is strange given that I am not generally given to hoarding items of personal property

Personally I would love to own a complete run of the Cricketer (1921-2003) however Mrs Fertang has made it abundantly clear on more than one occasion that such an acquisition would not be permitted

 

[fredfertang]

Now that's an interesting thought Craig .........................

"Darling Craig's had an idea - can we discuss it?"

 

[nightprowler10]

Had subscribed to Cricinfo magazine until ESPN bought them and they stopped publishing it. Just checking out TWC as we speak. Looks good, might subscribe.

 

[Craig]

Now that's an interesting thought Craig .........................

"Darling Craig's had an idea - can we discuss it?"

I will not take any responsibility if this ends up in the courts