
Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith
"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"
"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"
The ones that have been etched into the pitch and, subsequently, our hearts and minds
"People ask me now: ‘Do you miss it?’ No, I don’t miss it"
When it all went horribly, horribly wrong ...
"Apparently Nasser changed his mind regarding the team on the way to the toss"
"They were better than what we were. And we were nowhere near good enough"
'Harmy! No good for heroes here'
'You what? You wanna stay on?'
He [Robson] basically dragged me by the scruff of the neck into the changing room and said to me, 'This…
The 166-run defeat in a warm-up game that set the tone for England's 5-0 defeat
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out February 23:
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.