Lawrence Booth: Is Joe Root the right man to guide England through a new era?
"It would be perverse not to give Root time. But time, more than ever, is of the essence"
"It would be perverse not to give Root time. But time, more than ever, is of the essence"
BJ Watling's match-winning effort was the seventh double-ton by a keeper in Test history. Can you guess the rest?
"It's something we need to put to bed quickly"
Archer has said he heard the slur whilst batting
"The retro biscuit wasn’t the only thing on show that seemed to belong to a previous era"
Joe Root averages less than 40 as Test captain
The stroke was no worse than those played by more established colleagues Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Rory Burns
Boult is an injury doubt for the second Test of the series in Hamilton
Buttler also said England have a lot to learn from New Zealand's approach to batting time
Mitchell Santner's maiden Test century was an innings that represented a coming of age for him as a batsman
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.