
Michael Vaughan criticises England's 'overreaction' to positive COVID tests
"Putting all the cricket squad in isolation is a complete overreaction"
"Putting all the cricket squad in isolation is a complete overreaction"
"The months that followed the series saw huge changes in the perception of cricket in England"
"Over the next 12 months the ECB will be putting unprecedented demands on its players"
"It was gloriously fearless cricket: this was England, but not as we knew it"
"All I ever wanted to do was play for England and compete against the old enemy"
"The infamous buttery-fingered fails"
Moments when players rose to the bait – and came out on top
From Kevin 'FIGJAM' Pietersen to Mark 'Afghanistan' Waugh
"The greatest innings to have been missed, overshadowed or unremembered"
"The ripple effect from this small act could have cost us tens of millions of pounds"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:
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.