
Ed Smith, the intellectual outsider, falls victim to competing agendas
Head coach, chief selector, unlikely figurehead: Chris Silverwood is now the unassailable top dog
Head coach, chief selector, unlikely figurehead: Chris Silverwood is now the unassailable top dog
How can England’s best cricketers survive better in such conditions?
“Why, when it's the first Test against India, one of the great sides, aren’t we sending our best team?”
"Cluelessness was all the rage in ’93. This was England, doing cricket, in Waugh time"
"We had a pretty similar approach, me and Tuffers"
"Players who laughed in the face of disability and proclaimed: 'Tis nothing but a scratch, sir!'”
Silverwood has facilitated a smallish upturn in the five-day game
"Jonny Bairstow deserves more respect"
"I always knew that I could make a really big score in a one-day game"
"It’s a game of fine lines and you need to make the most of your opportunities"
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.