The Ten: Cricketing stylists
"Forget the stats. Just remember the imagery"
"Forget the stats. Just remember the imagery"
"Sport is most fun when the underdog rises"
“Our collective and individual skills had at last been recognised and could not be denied any longer”
Presenting the country's best young batsmen
Some long, some snappy, a few arse-nippers and large dollops of tension
"The West Indies team of 1976 were the best I’ve ever seen and the best I expect to see"
"I hope if it looked like there was a lack of respect there, that certainly wasn't the intention of our…
"The sound of shattering stumps had become a magnetic, absorbing ritual"
"All over the world people are doing it. So why have the cricket team stopped?"
"We bowled at each other in the nets but we pitched the ball up!"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, guest-edited by Isa Guha, out May 5:
The 160th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing. It reflects on the extraordinary life of Shane Warne, who died far too early in 2022, and looks back at another legendary bowler, S.F. Barnes, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Wisden also reports on England’s triumph at the T20 World Cup, to go alongside their 2019 ODI success, and on their Test team’s thrilling rejuvenation under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes.
Writers include Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, James Holland, Jonathan Liew, Emma John, David Frith, Simon Wilde, Jon Hotten, Robert Winder, Tanya Aldred and Neil Harvey, the last survivor from Australia’s famous 1948 Ashes tour of England. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by The Editor, the Cricketers of The Year awards, and the 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.