
Sunil Gavaskar apologises after saying 'the Indian spinners and Muttiah Muralitharan were better than Shane Warne'
"In hindsight, that question shouldn’t have been asked, nor should it have been answered"
"In hindsight, that question shouldn’t have been asked, nor should it have been answered"
When India almost forfeited a match
"The diving and sliding, or the hard throws from the deep, are not attempted"
What did you make of that shot?
Can some self-denial help Kohli rediscover his best form?
"It’s really a ‘two and a half men’ kind of a team"
"If he wants, he can call or message me”
"A reminder of how ‘coaching’ goes beyond technique"
"What was he thinking — if he was thinking anything at all?"
“His reaction was, ‘Are you serious?’”
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 16:
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.