
'I only shake hands with fast bowlers' - How Ian Chappell riled Dennis Lillee out of early retirement
'I'll take more wickets than anybody else next season in World Series Cricket'
'I'll take more wickets than anybody else next season in World Series Cricket'
Ian Chappell says Cummins should work with a coach he wants to
"Root has lacked imagination as a captain, quickly run out of ideas, and showed little "gut feel" for the game."
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell became the latest great to criticise Root’s captaincy
Smith has been appointed as Pat Cummins' vice-captain following Tim Paine's shock resignation as skipper
"How come they received different punishments?”
"Formidable characters and questionable umpiring meant the series was more fractious than most"
"The trickery and skill must lie within a legal challenge and its acceptance"
The most legendary of cricket families
"Nothing is a shade of grey to Chappell"
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.