
Shane Warne is gone and the game is broken
"The torrents that now will flow for Shane Warne will all be true"
"The torrents that now will flow for Shane Warne will all be true"
“He has been known to smile during an innings, but rarely before the 400th run”
"Venom was only part of his armoury"
"He was the proprietor of a legendary indoor cricket school in Wandsworth, south London"
“He was the first captain to give us a feeling of Indian-ness”
“He was the epitome of a good Aussie bloke”
"I will always remember him for his debonair and aggressive approach to the game"
“The sight of Ray Bright’s middle stump going over will probably be the last memory I take to my grave”
"The harder they banged the ball in, the harder he cut and hooked"
"No man has ever worked harder at his art"
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.