azhar ali

County Championship 2022

Watch: Azhar Ali blazes massive six, unveils Fawad Alam-esque celebration in return-to-form County Championship double hundred

His first county hundred since 2018

Pakistan v Australia 2022
Should a 'tiny little heartbeat' on UltraEdge have been enough to give Azhar Ali out on DRS?

"Tiny little heartbeat"

by Wisden Staff / March 25, 2022
County Championship 2021
Watch: County part-timer gets Pakistan great stumped with leg-spin beauty in top-division clash

A lovely delivery

by Wisden Staff / September 13, 2021
World Test Championship
Beating the best in their own backyard, part 1: A Test World XI to beat India in India

Still hugely reliant on few bankable stars

by Wisden Staff / June 20, 2021
Zimbabwe v Pakistan
Azhar Ali could yet be ranked among Pakistan's greatest Test batsmen

Pakistan’s Mount Rushmore may yet need to make room for a fifth member

by Ben Gardner / May 9, 2021
Zimbabwe v Pakistan
Watch: Azhar Ali takes stunning one-handed catch at gully

The 36-year-old is enjoying a fine Test

by Wisden Staff / May 9, 2021
Stories
Watch: Azhar Ali superbly imitates Inzamam and Steve Smith's batting styles

Near-perfect imitation

by Wisden Staff / February 23, 2021
2020 in Review
Wisden’s Test innings of the year: No.8 – Azhar Ali's 141*

A true captain's knock

by Aadya Sharma / January 3, 2021
England v Pakistan
Azhar Ali teams up with Jay from The Inbetweeners to help fight coronavirus

The Pakistan captain was recruited by Oldham Council

by Wisden Staff / August 24, 2020
England v Pakistan
Old resolve, new technique combine to fuel Azhar Ali’s Diriliş

"It was an alliance of Azhar's familiar, old resolve, and his newfound technical modification"

by Aadya Sharma / August 24, 2020

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August '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out July 15:

Phil Walker tries to wrap his head around what has happened to England’s Test team
Moeen Ali looks to the future
Seven emerging female stars tell us how professionalisation has impacted their lives and careers
Daniel Brigham re-examines the impact made by Andrew Strauss on the 10th anniversary of the former England captain’s retirement
Jon Hotten tells us what it’s like to collaborate with Geoffrey Boycott
County Files: interviews with Toby Roland-Jones, Jordan Thompson, Colin Ingram and Simon Harmer
Columnists: Andrew Miller laments the ECB’s neglect of the T20 Blast, Mark Ramprakash on how Eoin Morgan seduced English cricket, Tim Wigmore on the eye-watering IPL broadcasting deal, Lawrence Booth on England’s trip to the Netherlands
Raf Nicholson analyses the women’s Test at Taunton
Mark Alleyne talks to Taha Hashim about the merits or otherwise of positive discrimination

Almanack 2021

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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.

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azhar ali

Watch: Azhar Ali blazes massive six, unveils Fawad Alam-esque celebration in return-to-form County Championship double hundred

Should a 'tiny little heartbeat' on UltraEdge have been enough to give Azhar Ali out on DRS?

Watch: County part-timer gets Pakistan great stumped with leg-spin beauty in top-division clash

Beating the best in their own backyard, part 1: A Test World XI to beat India in India

Azhar Ali could yet be ranked among Pakistan's greatest Test batsmen

Watch: Azhar Ali takes stunning one-handed catch at gully

Watch: Azhar Ali superbly imitates Inzamam and Steve Smith's batting styles

Wisden’s Test innings of the year: No.8 – Azhar Ali's 141*

Azhar Ali teams up with Jay from The Inbetweeners to help fight coronavirus

Old resolve, new technique combine to fuel Azhar Ali’s Diriliş

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