
‘There was one less adult in the room’ – Greg Chappell on ‘shell of a man’ Steve Smith prior to Sandpapergate scandal
“He was a shell of a man by mid-December"
“He was a shell of a man by mid-December"
Smith has been appointed as Pat Cummins' vice-captain following Tim Paine's shock resignation as skipper
The butterfly effect in full force
The scandal that will not end
'We feel compelled to put the key facts on the record again'
"I’m not proud of what’s happened"
"I think it's pretty probably self-explanatory"
"How come they received different punishments?”
"Things were starting to get a little bit out of hand"
"Behavioural, chatty, being pretty average people"
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.