'Important for one department to back the other' – Ajinkya Rahane
"Yes the series is 3-1, but we definitely want to do our best and finish on a winning note"
"Yes the series is 3-1, but we definitely want to do our best and finish on a winning note"
What is being done to make Tests more balanced?
From Nagpur, to Adelaide, to Mumbai to the Oval, Alastair Cook was there battling it out through it all
"Anything about 250 would be a great number to try and eke out tomorrow morning"
"I think we will put up a good show in the second innings and bowl them out early tomorrow"
An absorbing day's play had plenty going on
“It’s good when you get an early wicket so I’m very happy”
England have been forced to returned to the man they should never have doubted in the first place
"I cannot explain to you the job satisfaction that you get when you do well in Test cricket"
“He doesn't want to be known as the new Kapil Dev; he is Hardik Pandya, which is the right attitude”
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.