Test Cricket

This encyclopedic history, packed with famous incident and arresting analysis, should be in everyone’s cricket library – Rahul Bhattacharya
This exceptional blend of traditional history and journalistic research gives us a cricket history like no other – Scyld Berry, Daily Telegraph and author of Cricket: The Game of Life
Wonderfully wide-focused, unfailingly readable and laced with passages of insightful analysis, Tim Wigmore’s history of test cricket is a true tour de force – David Kynaston
A riveting, authoritative, and passionate chronicle of cricket’s greatest game: the Test – Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland
Much more than simply a history of Test cricket, this is a colourful, modern take on the sport’s most treasured format. I’ve commentated on over 400 Tests and learned so much from this wonderful book. Wigmore lays bare the challenges Test cricket faces and the fight required to preserve it – Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
A vital and fresh history of the game’s legacy format; most significantly, given it remains cricket’s most exclusive format, it is an inclusive history. Wigmore meticulously charts the global forces that have shaped Test cricket – Osman Samiuddin, author of The Unquiet Ones: A History of Pakistan Cricket
Tim Wigmore has established himself as one of cricket’s most incisive analysts and writers, blending his engaging, innovative use of modern data with a deep knowledge of the game’s history. These qualities come together in this compelling book – Andy Zaltzman, Test Match Special
Hugely informative and enjoyable - a fantastic achievement. A must-read for all cricket lovers – Peter Frankopan
Tim Wigmore’s new book Test Cricket: a History charts a narrative history of the longest format with contributions from the game’s biggest characters. A riveting and lovingly researched tome thrumming with detail, anecdote and incisive facts – The Guardian
A great eye for fascinating details and the bizarre serendipities of history – New Statesman
Above all the book shows why Test cricket matters – Yorkshire Post
Tim Wigmore is possibly the finest current cricket writer for providing thoughtful analysis … [he] negotiates a huge field deftly and elegantly – Country Life
Rich in anecdotes and the perfect accompaniment to the English cricketing summer – Choice
Wigmore has written a splendid, comprehensive book full of good stories…sparkling and entertaining… – The Spectator

Tim Wigmore is the author of Crickonomics and Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, which won the Wisden Book of the Year and Daily Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year in 2020. He is a sports writer for the Daily Telegraph, and has also written for The Economist, The New York Times, ESPNCricinfo and The New Statesman.

Test Cricket was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, in 2025. It was also shortlisted for The Cricket Society MCC Awards and The Sports Book Awards for best cricket book of the year in 2026.

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