
'Extremely hurtful' – Graeme Smith hits back at accusations of racial bias as captain
Smith denied the allegations in the "strongest possible sense"
Smith denied the allegations in the "strongest possible sense"
“In that heat of the moment I really wanted to physically beat him”
Moments when players rose to the bait – and came out on top
Graeme Smith's Edgbaston epic ended a decades-long drought in England and the tenure of opposing captain Michael Vaughan
As picked out on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast
"Reports suggesting Cricket SA have asked me to lead the Proteas are just not true"
"He was just impossible to bowl to"
De Kock will only lead in white-ball cricket
From Graeme Smith to Younis Khan, there are big names who missed out
"I've publicly stated a number of times that I would love to assist CSA in this difficult time"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out February 23:
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.