Ben Stokes ‘fine to bowl’ in South Africa
“I just need to toughen up I guess but it’s alright and it’s just treatment now"
“I just need to toughen up I guess but it’s alright and it’s just treatment now"
Virat Kohli, Joe Root, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne make big gains in the latest Test rankings update
Root has never before featured in the world's premier franchise T20 league
Pope & Root shared a partnership of 193 on day four
The England skipper hit his highest score his becoming captain in 2017
No England batsman has scored more Test runs at a better average than Root
Centuries from Joe Root and Rory Burns underlined a productive day for England
England end day three 106 runs behind New Zealand
"It would be perverse not to give Root time. But time, more than ever, is of the essence"
Since he became captain, a worrying trend has emerged in Root's dismissals
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, guest-edited by Isa Guha, out May 5:
The 160th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S.F. Barnes, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Wisden also reports on England’s triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team’s thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, James Holland, Jonathan Liew, Emma John, David Frith, Simon Wilde, Jon Hotten, Robert Winder, Tanya Aldred and Neil Harvey, the last survivor from Australia’s famous 1948 Ashes tour of England. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by The Editor, the Cricketers of The Year awards, and the 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.