What do England expect from Jonny Bairstow?
Picking Bairstow in England’s Test side isn’t helping him, and it isn’t helping England either
Picking Bairstow in England’s Test side isn’t helping him, and it isn’t helping England either
England went the entire year without winning a multi-game Test series
Burns made his seventh fifty-plus score of 2019
England conceded 125 runs in 24 overs in the morning session
Ben Stokes led the team in his absence
Buttler is the seventh England player afflicted by illness
Opening batsman likely to be out for at least six weeks
England collapsed from 142-3 to 181 all out
"What is that? How can you call that a no ball?"
De Kock is still nearly a year younger than when Gilchrist made his Test debut in 1999
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.