
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 31: The battle for the future of Test cricket
The Five Day War
The Five Day War
Ten years in 40 chapters
"An entirely new competition, entirely new teams, and a fresh, relevant format"
Meet England's young guns
"Misbah has made a career out of outperforming expectations"
The 10 big stories from the most thrilling Ashes series in a generation
"A machine so inimitably in sync with itself that it creates its own rhythm"
The World Cup winner on chasing the next high
Wisden Cricket Monthly columnist sounds a note of caution in the wake of the final to end all finals
The greatest game (and now everyone knows it...)
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 19:
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.