
‘I was spewing’: How Alastair Cook’s advice to Rory Burns backfired
"It’s the first time in recent times that I’ve reacted in a really emotional fashion"
"It’s the first time in recent times that I’ve reacted in a really emotional fashion"
They won't be in the running for 2020
"The knock-on effect of a solid top three cannot be overestimated with this England side"
Burns is set to see a specialist in the coming days
There is no obvious like-for-like replacement for the injured Burns
"The benefits are outstripped by the dangers from it"
Zak Crawley is Burns' likely replacement at the top of the order
Burns is set for a scan on his left ankle
Burns made his seventh fifty-plus score of 2019
Four Wisden writers pick out a decade XI
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:
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.