
Creating The Hundred: Behind the scenes with the Oval Invincibles
Phil Walker talks to some of those on the frontline tasked with turning ‘Oval Invincibles’ from a marketing concept into…
Phil Walker talks to some of those on the frontline tasked with turning ‘Oval Invincibles’ from a marketing concept into…
Why we need county cricket more than ever
"I knew for sure that my heart was lost forever"
"Rashid Khan needed to go for a minimum of 30 runs at that venue"
"Not merely a practitioner of the game but an ambassador for it"
"His perfectionism was up there with the best"
"We thought that he was, by far, the best gloveman available"
"Are we losing two-three years of international cricket from one of the game’s greatest-ever players?"
"Creating uncertainty amongst the whole playing group"
"He hasn’t understood one word that you have said"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out August 11:
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.