
Ambati Rayudu retires from all forms of cricket after World Cup snub
"It has been a wonderful journey of playing the sport and learning from every up and down"
"It has been a wonderful journey of playing the sport and learning from every up and down"
The match officials report cited concerns on the legality of his action
“There is nothing new that they have asked me to do”
"I felt like he’s designed to play that middle-order role"
"The good thing is our bench strength"
Veteran of 223 ODIs gets a chance to play his first 50-over international since October 2015
"Everybody set plans to Rayudu, none of them worked"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out July 15:
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.