
When 'Whispering Death' Holding whistled through Rishton
"Umpire, if that had hit him on the head, he would be dead"
"Umpire, if that had hit him on the head, he would be dead"
"Don’t prejudge it. Just go away and have a think"
"Passions were inflamed, families were divided, friendships destroyed"
“These breaks make you realise how much you need cricket in your life”
"‘Mateship’. That elusive and, let’s be frank, entirely made up term"
"So here was an approach to England’s batting that had never been seen before"
A dedicated man and a dedicated cricketer
“We were prisoners no longer"
"At that moment keeping quiet seems like quite a good idea, and so that’s what Hick does"
“I remember Steve Waugh being a complete arsehole”
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 16:
The most famous sports book in the world, the Almanack has been published every year since 1864.
The 158th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing, and reflects on an unprecedented year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Writers include Lawrence Booth, Sir Garfield Sobers, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Gideon Haigh, Andy Zaltzman, Tom Holland, Duncan Hamilton, Robert Winder, Matthew Engel, Scyld Berry, Derek Pringle, Jack Leach and James Anderson. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.
Cricket’s past is steeped in a tradition of great writing and Wisden is making sure its future will be too. The Nightwatchman is a quarterly collection of essays and long-form articles which debuted in March 2013 and is available in book and e-book formats.
Every issue features an array of authors from around the world, writing beautifully and at length about the game and its myriad offshoots.