Gehan Mendis: County cricket's best player of fast bowling, who never got an international call-up
“I was really surprised that when the West Indies had all those quick bowlers he didn’t get a shout”
“I was really surprised that when the West Indies had all those quick bowlers he didn’t get a shout”
"Wasim Akram said, 'You are the only one that can get Sachin out’"
“It’s always the quest to prove yourself against the best, and I felt I’d reached another level”
'He was a world-class batsman who dominated the best spinners he came up against'
“I do think differently and I’m going to get flak, but that doesn’t mean that I need to change my…
"The trio have played their part in Ealing becoming one of the country’s leading clubs"
“Create a good playing and social environment, listen to your members and everything else will look after itself”
“It was almost like a hockey ball. No seam, almost like a bit of cotton wrapped round it”
"We were something like 38/1 outsiders to win the Championship in ’96"
Champions in 2016, Middlesex finished eighth in Division Two last summer
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.