
‘Composed, calculated, invincible’ - Tony Cozier on Brian Lara’s 400
It took Lara only 19 innings to reclaim his record
It took Lara only 19 innings to reclaim his record
Those who remembered him as a boy prodigy were surprised only that his talents had taken so long to bear…
“It was probably a blessing in disguise that I was dropped”
"Nimble on his feet, acrobatic in his movements"
“'To get a few centuries, maybe a double, even a triple' – he proceeded to exceed even his own expectations”
“I realised that batting in Test cricket was more than just crashing a ball about”
Holding terrified batsmen across England in the summer of 1976
A wonderful feature by the late, great journalist and commentator, Tony Cozier.
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out August 11:
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.