
Alan Mullally on sledging McGrath, a pair of Jordan 14s, and his infamous batting
“My dad sits next to me and says, 'Don’t worry, one day you’ll play Test cricket for England.'”
“My dad sits next to me and says, 'Don’t worry, one day you’ll play Test cricket for England.'”
"Perhaps the most complete fast bowler of them all, with figures to match"
"It’s a game of fine lines and you need to make the most of your opportunities"
"I really did wish I’d been forced to join the massed ranks of the right"
"I don’t know if there is a cricketer who has had as many different injuries as I have"
"Tennyson's success as a batsman was the most surprising feature of last season's cricket"
"Venom was only part of his armoury"
"My Test match average, 72, would have actually gone up had those runs been counted"
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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.