
'Can someone please smack Lyon?' - KP urges England to attack 'off-spinner with zero variations'
Pietersen had called Lyon "pretty special" in 2017
Pietersen had called Lyon "pretty special" in 2017
"I know Ross Taylor played his 100th Test against India and he didn’t get a shirt"
Give Taylor that signed shirt, India!
"Maybe they couldn't find a pen?"
'You wouldn't blame Lyon at all for muttering some really rude words as he got back to his team-mates'
Nathan Lyon was visibly upset after the review
"That shot from an experienced Rohit Sharma was inexcusable"
What a peach!
“Lyon is close to 400 but he has had to play many, many matches to get there”
“Yeah, it actually hit a sprinkler head in the middle of the wicket and it just kicked off”
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:
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.