Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week.

This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the Editor of the widely adored 'Bible of cricket'.

Having studied Modern Languages at Cambridge, graduating with a first, he started work experience with Wisden Cricket Monthly, before covering County cricket for The Daily Telegraph and freelancing for the Gaurdian and Sunday Times.

He joined the Daily Mail in 2009, and was appointed Editor of Wisden Almanack three years later.

Now, he has just released his 15th edition of the Wisden Almanack, otherwise known as the Bible of cricket.

Lawrence Booth joins the show to chat through his editors notes, point us in the direction of some particularly important pieces, talk through his career, and lots more.

Also on the episode, Church and Vickers continue their new, hard-hitting, segment; "What cricket sound is this?" - and Churchy delivers a sermon focusing on a certain Sir James Anderson.

A huge thank you to Lawrence Booth for his time on this week's show. An incredibly interesting and enjoyable conversation, on a book that means so much to so many.

Another big thank you goes to our friends at Newbery Cricket, who are offering up their award-winning SPS bat for this month's competition giveaway. You can read all about it via the following link: https://www.wisden.com/cricket-features/the-bat-test-2026

You can also check out the premium equipment that Newbery has to offer here: https://newbery.co.uk/

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