Ben Slater: The county-hopping opener who's started the 2020 season on fire
Slater has had a strange yet productive start to the 2020 season
Slater has had a strange yet productive start to the 2020 season
Ballance has yet to play for Yorkshire this season
"A far greater force on a side than his records would suggest"
“The best advice he gave me was: ‘Just keep it tight – eventually they’ll get themselves out’”
Harmer gets in again
"2,218 first-class wickets, the most by anyone who never won a Test cap"
"You never envisage going from the hospital straight to the graveyard"
"When the Roses lock thorns, spectators are driven to deep and thoughtful introspection"
From Graeme Hick to Phil Simmons
Childs took 89 wickets at 16.29 in Essex's Championship winning campaign in 1986
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.