
Watch: 53-year-old Brian Lara faces Rashid Khan, brings out vintage square cut in epic clash
He's still got it
He's still got it
It took Lara only 19 innings to reclaim his record
Caught behind and stumped
Akram did not spare anyone!
15 came off it
West Indies completed the highest successful run-chase in Test history
One of them tops the batting and bowling charts
"With West Indies’ 2000/01 tour of Australia went the last link to their golden era"
"It's not all teas and scones"
Ben Gardner on the best Test innings of the Ninties
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 19:
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.