
Did Tim Bresnan stop Steve Smith from playing for England over Australia?
"I was like, ‘Woah, hold your horses big lad. We’re full up and you’re not that good yet’"
"I was like, ‘Woah, hold your horses big lad. We’re full up and you’re not that good yet’"
"To play with Steve and Mark Waugh and other Australian greats was a big learning curve"
"No left-handed batsman in my time has possessed greater skill in scoring all round the wicket"
“We loved him. Everyone loved him”
This time, Paine lost his cool.
Starc was stranded on 86*
“He was the epitome of a good Aussie bloke”
“The other states treated us with a grudging respect”
"It's just about getting back into NSW stuff now and moving on from there"
Victoria batsman reminds the Australia selectors of his immense talent.
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.