Wasim v Waqar: A loving friendship that turned into a hostile feud
"Wasim claimed that the rivalry actually benefitted Pakistan, as it spurred on both to try and outdo each other"
"Wasim claimed that the rivalry actually benefitted Pakistan, as it spurred on both to try and outdo each other"
"From the start he has been a prodigy"
"Growing up in Pakistan, you develop a certain sense of injustice over time"
"There was something about his leg-breaks that made him curiously difficult to hit"
“Being a role model now .... I think it’s great”
Ponting hit eight sixes and four fours that day
"His straight driving could almost have been described as the restoration of a lost art"
The best ODI batsman in the world v the world's top-ranked ODI side
When Sri Lanka's enigma wiped out the world's most formidable batting unit
"If it is my day, then it is very difficult to stop me or get me 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.