
Quiz! Name all of Glenn McGrath's Australia ODI teammates
You have 13 minutes
You have 13 minutes
You don't get many leg-befores that don't hit the leg
"This could get pretty ugly very quickly"
"We still talk about it"
VVS Laxman gets hit on the helmet; bounces back and scores his first 100 of his Test career
Only one active cricketer makes the list
"With West Indies’ 2000/01 tour of Australia went the last link to their golden era"
33 names, six minutes
"In my eyes, the role model every young fast bowler should aspire to emulate"
"So seer yet so far, cricket has had its fair share of false prophets"
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.