Hussain credits IPL for Ben Stokes' World Cup final, Headingley heroics
"When you go and play in the IPL, you're playing against the best"
"When you go and play in the IPL, you're playing against the best"
“That was so hard"
"It's where you find out what you're really about as a cricketer"
"I feel to be a genius you have to be a bit strange"
"It (2019) eclipsed 2005 in terms of what we managed to do for the sport"
The communications regulator considered the broadcasts as containing “the most offensive language”
"I think that they gave the wrong result"
“I remember being out there thinking ‘Jos [Buttler] is going to win this for us in the next 15-20 minutes"
"I had to go to Marais and ask, ‘What happens here?’"
"We all have those moments where you play a shot and you’re like, ‘What’s just happened?’"
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.