
'Deeply unethical' - Monty Panesar criticises BBC's 'blacklisting' of Michael Vaughan
The left-arm spinner played 18 Tests under Vaughan's captaincy
The left-arm spinner played 18 Tests under Vaughan's captaincy
"Oh Gosh! It’s the best delivery in the world"
"I’m coming up against players who laugh when they see a wrong ’un"
Some long, some snappy, a few arse-nippers and large dollops of tension
"MSD thought I didn’t understand"
From Kapil's four in four to Pietersen's massive switch
"It cost me my Test place the next week against Sri Lanka"
Panesar hasn't played county cricket since 2016
"It was worse than facing a Mitchell Johnson bouncer!"
"I had never celebrated a wicket like that before"
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.