'In hindsight, I probably didn’t need to pull out' — Woakes on withdrawing from IPL 2020
"I’d still love to play in the IPL"
"I’d still love to play in the IPL"
"Usually leading into a Test match you like to probably have two or three Championship games under your belt"
Prior this winter, Woakes averaged over 60 with the ball away from home in Test cricket
"Listening to the other guys, their symptoms were relatively similar. So who knows? Potentially"
They won't be in the running for 2020
'Talking about finances and people’s wages, it can be a delicate subject'
"If I felt like I had real good opportunity to be in that T20 [World Cup] squad, I'd probably still…
Woakes has not played a T20I since 2015 and a T20 since 2018
"If I could clone anyone I’ve worked with, it would be Chris Woakes.”
The 13 English players set to feature in the 2020 IPL season
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.