Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith
"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"
"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"
"There were almost 10,000 Brits in the ground and the scenes at the end were astonishing"
"I was lucky that I performed and took to international cricket so early"
"What was it really like standing 22 yards away from a West Indian quick in full flight"
"I always knew that I could make a really big score in a one-day game"
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"I’m chuffed to bits and incredibly grateful to have had a long career"
“It’s Charles Darwin’s evolution, mate – you’ve got to survive”
"He bowled at a ferocious pace and was one of the quickest around on the circuit at the time"
"Getting my cap from Michael Vaughan was special"
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.