
Wisden Cricket Monthly's Test team of the year
Agree with the selections?
Agree with the selections?
"I haven't met any Australian cricketer yet who would like to be rested"
Lyon? Ashwin? Herath? Yasir? Swann?
From Graeme Smith to Younis Khan, there are big names who missed out
Having picked up only two wickets for 179 runs in the series until this innings, Nathan Lyon came roaring back…
"I believe it’s very important that you still try to spin the ball as hard as you can"
Lyon has previously played for Worcestershire
"I think I owe him a lot"
"Stokes makes bowlers and captains do things that you wouldn't normally do"
The spinner has been cleared of serious injury
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.