
Watch: 22-year-old Vinod Kambli takes on Shane Warne from the rough, smashes 22 in five balls to ace semi-final chase
Austral-Asia Cup 1994 semi-final
Austral-Asia Cup 1994 semi-final
"I'm going to keep a close eye on you"
Mullered
"You could see he wanted to do it"
Hussain's words did come true, though
Bowled, Shane
"He was a legend of a bloke"
"In hindsight, that question shouldn’t have been asked, nor should it have been answered"
"Sure, there was plenty of attrition, but there were still moments to behold, stories to savour"
King finished with three wickets in a 12-run win for Australia
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.