
'Mate! You're a genius' – How a retired Wasim Akram outfoxed Jacques Kallis with a four-ball trap in IPL nets
"That simple?"
"That simple?"
Sachin and Kallis were true legends because of their adaptability
The bouncer is so slow that Kallis has time to readjust
19 names, four minutes
"That’s my kind of cricketer, far more than Steve"
The All-rounders Issue, featuring an exclusive interview with Sir Ian Botham
The unblinking assassin who tamed thunder and lightning
"The Edgbaston crowd rise to hail their rejuvenated hero as though it were ’05 all over again"
Bumble picks out some who needed a bit of cajoling
As picked out on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out August 11:
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.