
Geoffrey Boycott on England's summer: The pitches need to change - it's not a fair contest between bat and ball
“Have I enjoyed this summer? Yes and no”
“Have I enjoyed this summer? Yes and no”
Woakes averages more than 50 away from home
“No one will ever convince me that we were 92 runs the poorer side”
"Players who laughed in the face of disability and proclaimed: 'Tis nothing but a scratch, sir!'”
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"Since his comeback, Boycott had batted for 22-and-a-half hours, and I’d watched all of them"
From Hobbs and Sutcliffe to Duckworth and Lewis
"Temperament and ability stamp him as a fine player"
"It is a minefield out there and that is sad"
Presenting the country's best young batsmen
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.