
The Ten: Part-timer scalps – From Ponting snaring Vaughan to Gilly's 'Gangnam Style'
From 'Border's control' to a 'tricky' Lambert
From 'Border's control' to a 'tricky' Lambert
"I grabbed him by the neck and chucked him up against the wall"
"I was just trying to be the best wicketkeeper that was available for the team at that time"
"The misconceived rule became an embarrassment the game would rather forget"
"Just feeling so unnatural and fighting my natural instincts, but through fear of it not working"
"We always go back to Gilchrist, we always look at him [and say] he is the role model"
The 33-year-old Ojha officially retired from the game in March
“I just tried to survive initially, but my natural instincts to survive are to play aggressively”
From the very first guard of honour to an overstepping Sri Lankan.
The highest score ever hit in a World Cup final
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out February 23:
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.