
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 47: Collision Course – England v India
And now for the main event...
And now for the main event...
"When Jacques Kallis edged his first ball to first slip I thought it might be one of my days"
"It was gloriously fearless cricket: this was England, but not as we knew it"
From Jamaica 1990 to Mumbai 2012
‘They want a photo, you k***head’
Just 14 Englishmen are part of the exclusive club
“Akmal you have my heart... don’t drop it!”
From Matthew Hoggard to Harbhajan Singh
"He will die as an underappreciated bowler. He’s one of England’s greats"
Eight of the team featured in the 2005 Ashes
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.