Wisden’s Test innings of the year 2021, No.1 - Kyle Mayers' 210*
The best Test innings of the year
The best Test innings of the year
Jo Harman revisits T20’s first global tournament
Parkinson took 50 County Championship wickets this year
“There was a six he hit at our home ground… nobody has ever got close to that distance"
Benjamin hit a match-winning 60* for Warwickshire last weekend – now he's at The Hundred
“From finishing my lateral flow test, the next thing I knew I was in the one-day series”
“When I first started playing I was just told to fly in”
"Don’t put barriers on kids"
“A Test match is always a massive occasion for women’s cricket”
"I’ve had a taste of Test cricket and my goal ever since has been to get back to that level"
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.