Ian Chappell on the great Australia Test careers diminished by ‘vindictive’ Don Bradman
'There was no way you could drop Miller on cricketing common sense'
'There was no way you could drop Miller on cricketing common sense'
‘Look, if Younis Ahmed plays for South Australia I’m playing somewhere else’
Almost a silver lining on a quadruple-sized cloud
"I’d like to say officially he did want to bat, and thank God we managed to convince him"
“I almost felt sick walking out of that selection meeting”
Sometimes brilliance comes from where we least expect it
Graeme Smith's Edgbaston epic ended a decades-long drought in England and the tenure of opposing captain Michael Vaughan
"I’m a big believer that, as a captain if you’ve won a World Cup, you deserve the right to defend…
"I had to perform, I had to win, and it cost me in the end"
A display of timber-splattering brilliance
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.