
My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib
"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"
"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"
"Cluelessness was all the rage in ’93. This was England, doing cricket, in Waugh time"
"For us boys, it was heaven"
"Formidable characters and questionable umpiring meant the series was more fractious than most"
"The months that followed the series saw huge changes in the perception of cricket in England"
"To Victorian eyes, the raw deal handed to the ‘A’s’ was just the latest slight to add to our existing…
"With West Indies’ 2000/01 tour of Australia went the last link to their golden era"
“Both teams demonstrated that Tests can be played in an excellent spirit, without incidents”
"Cricket was about entertainment, about sportsmanship"
"He is the supreme cricketer of my lifetime, and that was his greatest summer"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:
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.