
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 44: Golden Days – Ten Batting Masterpieces
England’s finest run-makers on the innings when it all just clicked into place
England’s finest run-makers on the innings when it all just clicked into place
"The history of the game is full of curious culinary yarns"
Some of cricket’s most messy and lurid battles have required more than the judgement of an umpire to settle matters
Some of the best Test cricketers to average under 40 with the bat
Old enemies with vastly contrasting Cricket World Cup fortunes, but who gets into our combined XI?
Read an early Almanack profile as the former Test captain turns 65
Lamb on India's spin attack and why they will triumph in five-match Test series
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out August 11:
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.