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...many, cricket is a puzzling sport: a game in which players break for tea and matches can last for days yet still end in a draw. But over the past couple of decades, cricket has undergone a revolution?and, more recently, so has its bible, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. One-day international cricket, first introduced in the 1970s, has brought new fans, energy and tactics to the sport by condensing play into a few hours; the faster style of play has also spilled over into five-day Test cricket. And the center of cricketing power has shifted from England and Australia...
...many, cricket is a puzzling sport: a game in which players break for tea, and matches can last for days, yet still end in a draw. But over the past couple of decades, cricket has undergone a revolution - and, more recently, so has its bible, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. One-day international cricket, first introduced in the 1970s, has brought new fans, energy and tactics to the sport by condensing play into a few hours; the faster style of play has also spilled over into five-day test cricket. And the center of cricketing power has shifted from England and Australia...
Growing up on a West Virginian farm gave Payne ample authority to create a Harvard-tailored guide to planting and pig-keeping, in the form of Poor Ansel’s Almanack...
...decided that I would be cute and couch those requests in an anachronistic farm newsletter,” he says. Thus began Poor Ansel’s Almanack: A Collection, Proper to the Commonwealth, of Local Wisdom, Legend, and Helpful Factualities...
With the help of his friend Savanna M. Lyons, Payne decided to begin publication of a monthly paper version of the Almanack, which will be distributed through the suitably old-fashioned U.S. Postal Service. “I hope there’s some gossip about our classmates and house masters and stuff like that,”Payne says of the first issue. “And since it’s getting on to planting season, there will be a lot of farm advice that people won’t actually need...