
Wisden's 'The best years of our lives' XI
Joe Root misses out
Joe Root misses out
“No one will ever convince me that we were 92 runs the poorer side”
The greatest ever vs one of the greatest
"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"
"It's not all teas and scones"
"Henry Cowen pops in his headphones and listens to some of cricket’s best (and worst) songs"
Some long, some snappy, a few arse-nippers and large dollops of tension
"The occasions when it wasn't just cricket"
"The West Indies team of 1976 were the best I’ve ever seen and the best I expect to see"
"They wore smart maroon blazers and open-necked shirts and were lithe, debonair and quite brilliant"
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 19:
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.