
Watch: Hasan Ali clean bowls successive Kent batters with two sharp induckers to end battling rearguard
Hasan Ali took five wickets on his Lancashire debut
Hasan Ali took five wickets on his Lancashire debut
A wonderful spell
Parkinson took 32 wickets at 23.40 in the 2021 County Championship
A Tahir-like celebration followed
Sam Billings expressed his disappointment with the decision on Twitter
Zaib was desperately unlucky to be given out
Can they finish in the top two in the group?
"Only the fifth Lancashire all-rounder to achieve the double of 7,000 runs and 700 wickets"
"Kenneth Higgs reached the top of the tree in cricket on natural ability"
"Ever since the days of Hobbs and Sutcliffe, England have been searching for a match winning opening pair"
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.