Pakistan, forever playing with your heart
"They’re so unpredictable it’s bloody predictable"
"They’re so unpredictable it’s bloody predictable"
Grant Elliott talks to Taha Hashim about New Zealand's run to the final of the 2015 CWC
"I’d love to use these tournaments to help get myself back in the frame for next year"
"It was getting out of shape very quickly"
"To bowl fast – really fast – don’t you have to be a little angry, a little mad?"
"My aspirations are to play Test cricket"
“I do view him as a brother"
"My phone was very, very quiet for 18 months. People thought I’d gone underground"
England and West Indies will play the first ODI of the series on Wednesday in Barbados
The Australia speedster is set to play his first Ashes series in England this summer
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.