'Never tried to modify my game' – Cheteshwar Pujara
"People have realised that this is the way to play Test cricket"
"People have realised that this is the way to play Test cricket"
"It was a team effort through and through, and that is what we strive for"
"For me, success is about practising well and preparing well"
"The way Pujara grinds the bowlers – he has got a pattern to it"
Cheteshwar Pujara records his third ton of the series on day one at the SCG
"There was not much that went wrong but whatever was not right was very extreme"
"We don't want to take the fearlessness out of any player"
“Conceding 500 runs in a warm-up game doesn't mean anything”
"I think we will put up a good show in the second innings and bowl them out early tomorrow"
“It is about believing you are not a bad player after one bad winter"
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.