
'The only comparison I can think of is Imran' – Wisden writers discuss Stokes' recent form
“We are genuinely watching one of the great cricketers of our time and maybe of all time.”
“We are genuinely watching one of the great cricketers of our time and maybe of all time.”
"If you win a Test match in four days, then you can’t be accused of being batting too slowly"
"I would give him four more innings, see how he goes"
"Now looking back on it, I think, maybe we could have seen a bit more of Dom Bess"
"I don't think it'll be a problem – Stokes for a one-off Test"
"I had literally thrown everything at Clarke and nothing worked"
Harmison spent eight weeks at the Premier League club in the run up to England's 2004 tour of the West…
"Don’t know how I got it, when I got it, but I got it"
"The Glenn McGrath, if you will, of County Championship cricket"
On the latest Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, Phil Walker questions the inexplicable dropping of Ali Brown
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 16:
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.