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"The powerhouses of the county game who never got a crack at Test cricket"
"The powerhouses of the county game who never got a crack at Test cricket"
If Crawley scores fewer than 23 runs in the second Test, his first-class average will drop below 30
10 minutes to get all 50 names, good luck
With Ben Stokes out, England will need to rejig
Broad now has three demerit points
The characters who had enough of being one thing, and became rather impressive at being something else
"The Thorpe ball was the new Walsh in a nutshell"
"Suddenly Mahi bhai told me that I’ll be batting at No.3"
"When it comes to actual scraps, when the game becomes more Laurel and Hardy than Ali and Frazier"
Five minutes to name them all
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, guest-edited by Isa Guha, out May 5:
The 160th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S.F. Barnes, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Wisden also reports on England’s triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team’s thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, James Holland, Jonathan Liew, Emma John, David Frith, Simon Wilde, Jon Hotten, Robert Winder, Tanya Aldred and Neil Harvey, the last survivor from Australia’s famous 1948 Ashes tour of England. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by The Editor, the Cricketers of The Year awards, and the 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.