
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 57: James Anderson – The joy and art of bowling
“I just knew I wasn’t done yet"
“I just knew I wasn’t done yet"
Symonds passed away at the age of 46
“We got a good talking to from our bosses”
Warne and Symonds were commentating during a BBL game
"You can only imagine the commotion in that dressing room"
"When it comes to actual scraps, when the game becomes more Laurel and Hardy than Ali and Frazier"
"Seldom can one Test have been so simultaneously thrilling and disturbing"
“Andrew Symonds was never going to be a guy who hung on right to the end”
“He didn’t want to go at all, because he had that blowout with Harbhajan"
"He was someone who was instantly able to change his game plan"
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.