Test cricket in India needs more than a pink saviour
"Crucial to market Test cricket like we do for T20"
"Crucial to market Test cricket like we do for T20"
"I think a more balanced format would be one series home, one away."
"The whole thing is to bring in more people in the stadium, adds a new element to Test cricket."
The six balls that best captured the battle between a charging Australian pace unit and a stoic Asad Shafiq resistance
"I have really enjoyed playing against them"
"If I can keep performing and keep standing up for the team, I'll keep trying to truck in."
Matches will be played in Rawalpindi and Karachi in December
Bangladesh can find some positives in a difficult situation
"We at BCCI will leave no stone unturned to bring this format back to its feet"
"The game needs to go forward and that is the way forward. People should finish work and come to watch…
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.