
'I am finished with Curtly. I have no respect' – Gayle tears into Ambrose for questioning his T20 World Cup place
"Curtly Ambrose pull your socks up, alright?"
"Curtly Ambrose pull your socks up, alright?"
He clearly saw that going past him....
"A spell of 7-1 is unheard of really, but I believe I’ve bowled better in other games"
"Sport is most fun when the underdog rises"
“Honestly, on that particular moment, I really wanted to knock him out”
"He single-handedly almost stilled the nascent Test career of Graeme Hick"
"From Caddick's Lordly magic to Sydney 2008"
"Balls were rearing from good lengths and passing the batsman’s throat"
“In that heat of the moment I really wanted to physically beat him”
From Larwood and Voce to Lillee and Thomson
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.