
After Bumrah no-ball, Dale Steyn suggests radical ‘free hit’ law change in Test cricket to protect tailenders
"I’m still one for being hard and coming hard"
"I’m still one for being hard and coming hard"
Steyn announced his retirement earlier this week
A classic dismissal
Including his domestic career, Steyn finished with a total of 1,165 professional wickets.
"I'm going to hit you in the head you know"
Out and in
"The cricket part kind of gets forgotten"
“Which commentator said I have a mid-life crisis?”
"People who called us cheaters, they should come out and say ‘Sorry guys, we messed up’”
31 names, six minutes
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.