Ali Brown – The most extravagant cock-up in English history
On the latest Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, Phil Walker questions the inexplicable dropping of Ali Brown
On the latest Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast, Phil Walker questions the inexplicable dropping of Ali Brown
"Remove Giles and put Monty in there, and you have three No.11s and one No.10 batting at 8"
Eight of the team featured in the 2005 Ashes
Thorpe averaged over 53 across the final six years of his Test career
A stunning hundred in an extraordinary Test match
Not a single Englishman made the Wisden Test team of the 2000s
Three South Africans among them
Some iconic names missed out
Matthew Hayden and Andrew Strauss both failed to make the cut
As picked out on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast
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.