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"To really show your worth, you need to have hunches"
"To really show your worth, you need to have hunches"
"It was life-affirming collective euphoria"
The highs and lows of cricket’s fleeting appearances on the silver screen
“And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century”
"Memories of toiling England seamers faded against a new backdrop of wanton destruction"
"Poetry in motion cannot overcome even the smallest typo"
England must decide between picking their five most adaptable bowlers or reverting to a six-man attack
Alex Bowden praises the tour schedule that has allowed characters and storylines to emerge ahead of climatic Tests
'2021 is all killer with only very small amounts of filler'
One-day 'specialists' can bring forward thinking to the longest form
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.