

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sports Writing Season: Tim Wigmore
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us at the Kibworth Cricket Club for an evening with sports journalist and author Tim Wigmore. Tim will be talking about his latest book Test Cricket: A History and signing copies bought from Kibworth Books either in-store beforehand, on the night or through our website here.    

About the book: 
Test cricket is on the cusp of its 150th anniversary. For the first time, Test Cricket: A History tells the full, gripping story of the players and stories that have shaped the game's evolution since 1877.

Award-winning author Tim Wigmore brings to life both Test cricket on the pitch and the game's social significance around the world. This captivating talk is illuminated by dozens of exclusive interviews with the game's greatest players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Pat Cummins, Michael Holding, Muthiah Muralidaran, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Chappell, Dale Steyn and Rahul Dravid. From Bodyline to Bazball, the golden age to the rise of West Indies, and Shane Warne to Ian Botham, readers will come to appreciate Test cricket's remarkable history like never before. A perfect single volume history for any cricket fan from an award-winning Telegraph cricket correspondent.

About Tim: 
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. 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.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oadby/sports-writing-season-tim-wigmore/200028557763535
- **Event Categories**: sports, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://kibworthbooks.com/collections/events/products/sports-writing-season-tim-wigmore?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=oadby-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Oadby
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground
- **lat**: 52.5364
- **long**: -1.00814
- **full address**: Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground, Oadby, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Kibworth Books (https://allevents.in/org/kibworth-books/7758000)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Kibworth Cricket Club New Ground, Oadby, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kibworth Books
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sports Writing Season: Tim Wigmore ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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