Quiz! Name the players from the first men's World Cup final
Five minutes, 22 names
Five minutes, 22 names
"Everything was the wrong way round, but it was beyond anyone’s power to change it"
“Donald’s over-correction prompted this defining moment, Eagar’s shot taking centre stage”
Starc took 27 wickets, the most by any bowler in a single WC edition
“For a bloke to play that well and win a game singlehandedly is absolutely outstanding”
Twenty-one names in two minutes. Can you do it?
132 slots to fill
114 players have graced the global stage for England
How New Zealand's opener smashed records and West Indies
Australia went unbeaten through the 2003 and 2007 World Cups, before back-to-back defeats in 2011 knocked them out
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.