
Kevin Pietersen: It is ‘difficult to imagine’ Jofra Archer playing Test cricket again
Archer has recently been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back
Archer has recently been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back
Archer is out for the rest of the season
Archer, Mahmood and Fisher have all been ruled out of the summer with the injury
England are expected to name the first squad of the new Stokes-McCullum era early next week
Eoin Morgan misses out
Can England cope without Archer, a one-man cheat code?
He was the man who could do anything, which meant he was asked to do everything
This could spark a huge debate
Archer looked close to his best on his return from injury
Vintage Jofra
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 16:
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.