Bernard Bosanquet: The man who changed spin bowling forever – Almanack
"Poor old googly! It has been subjected to ridicule, abuse, contempt, incredulity, and survived them all"
"Poor old googly! It has been subjected to ridicule, abuse, contempt, incredulity, and survived them all"
"Miller was the most colourful cricketer of his post-war generation"
"He was bowling in the corridor of uncertainty before anyone knew it existed"
Australia quick was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1949
Never a hair out of place, never a stain on his flannels, and hardly ever an injury in 22 years
Though his descent was unexpectedly rapid and his subsequent career anticlimactic, his place in the pantheon was never disputed
He was proof that some cricketers are far more than the sum of their statistics.
"The greatest opening batsman I have ever seen"
“You wouldn’t find a nicer bloke in the world"
“For me, he was always ‘captain’”
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.