
Michael Vaughan: Overlooking Gary Kirsten for England Test head coach role 'incredibly bizarre'
"It is a big risk"
"It is a big risk"
Bowled, Shane
While some others had a slightly different take
“It was a very weird process”
Gary Kirsten talks to Phil Walker about his vision for English Test cricket
"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"
"Guts, determination and the will to succeed"
"And Pakistan, what they did is play me four years later. So, I lost my peak there"
"A prime example of the fast-bowling species"
"You have got to trust your people, trust the work they are doing"
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.