
David Gower: 'The Waugh brothers sum up the dilemma people have in judging players'
"You don’t necessarily expect analysis from stylish players, but they have to do it"
"You don’t necessarily expect analysis from stylish players, but they have to do it"
"From the first ever hundred to 16 wickets on debut"
"The infamous buttery-fingered fails"
From Kevin 'FIGJAM' Pietersen to Mark 'Afghanistan' Waugh
"That sort of drove us a bit apart"
"It's not mindlessly taking catches"
"Few have deflected the ball into the leg-side with less fuss and more effect"
"Undemonstrative, compact and still at the crease"
“Miles outside leg and he hit it”
"They just want a little bit more from him"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out February 23:
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.