Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson

Writer for the Guardian, the National, Sports Illustrated, World Soccer and Fox

'How's the Test going?'

'How's the Test going?'

Try to follow the game outside the cricket-playing world and its bewildering complexities might alienate you from the locals

29-Jul-2013•Jonathan Wilson

Are England sloppy or have our expectations been raised?

Are England sloppy or have our expectations been raised?

After the grim nadir of the '80s and '90s, England fans have become used to their team winning again - and that, paradoxically, can be frustrating

15-Jul-2013•Jonathan Wilson

Where were you that Sunday in 2005?

Where were you that Sunday in 2005?

In the stands? Glued to the telly? Or on a train, waiting for texts from your mum?

30-Jun-2013•Jonathan Wilson

CMJ and a lesson in reporting on cricket

CMJ and a lesson in reporting on cricket

His book on England's victorious tour of Australia in 1986-87 entertained a ten-year-old and taught him the value of writing on just the sport

24-Jun-2013•Jonathan Wilson

And the rest is history

And the rest is history

A wicket off a long hop and a memorable six: oh for the golden summer of 2002 (or was it?)

10-Jun-2013•Jonathan Wilson

When football replaced cricket on the back pages

When football replaced cricket on the back pages

You can almost pinpoint the date when the switch happened in England

11-May-2013•Jonathan Wilson

The pleasure of reading Ten Great Innings

The pleasure of reading Ten Great Innings

Ralph Barker's first book on cricket, written in 1964, is a curious one, of indefinite genre. But as a record of history, it does its job

30-Apr-2013•Jonathan Wilson

The value of sport

The value of sport

What makes it memorable is often less the action than the way in which we consumed it. Sport provides a currency in which the exchanges of social interaction can be conducted. Take Headingley 1991, for instance

15-Apr-2013•Jonathan Wilson

That '70s cricket circus

That '70s cricket circus

Testkill, co-written by Ted Dexter, is a murder mystery involving the death of a bowler. The plot should take a backseat for the reader, who must read it for the portrayal of seventies cricket in all its sordid naffness

07-Apr-2013•Jonathan Wilson

Brian Clough's cricket connection

Brian Clough's cricket connection

Brian Clough might have been one of the greatest football managers the English game ever knew, but cricket held a special place in his life as well

19-Mar-2013•Jonathan Wilson

All in the mind

All in the mind

We are used to the complaint that there is too much cricket played nowadays, but what if there was too little? You'd be forced to indulge in games played out entirely in the imagination - just as Godfrey Evans once did

05-Mar-2013•Jonathan Wilson

Remembering the Callers Pegasus Festival

Remembering the Callers Pegasus Festival

When the world's best cricket stars played exhibition games in a county ground in Northumberland, one young fan was hooked

27-Feb-2013•Jonathan Wilson

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