
Mark Butcher: Enjoy the next two World Cups, because we might not see anything like them again
"It really does feel like a sort of crossroads for the sport"
"It really does feel like a sort of crossroads for the sport"
"Both of them would have either decided themselves or would have been retired"
"At what point do we say we're flogging the wrong horse here?"
"I mean he's... Kane Williamson"
Rizwan, de Kock, or Pant?
"This is your job. This is how you earn your money"
The final summer of the 20th century was one to forget for England
"We are left wondering, did this dismissal actually happen?"
Steve Waugh captains the side
"I’ve just backed the right players"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out July 15:
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.