When Langer grabbed Gilchrist 'by the neck' during the 2001 Ashes
"I grabbed him by the neck and chucked him up against the wall"
"I grabbed him by the neck and chucked him up against the wall"
"The coward’s back"
"I will never forget – it was like that Rocky Balboa moment"
"I hated him as an opponent, what a k***"
"If I’d been Aaron Finch at that moment, I’d have wrapped my bat around Langer’s head"
"I was carrying on like a pork chop"
“I just tried to survive initially, but my natural instincts to survive are to play aggressively”
From the very first guard of honour to an overstepping Sri Lankan.
"I didn’t call him a numpty, I said he behaved like a numpty"
Key picked Steve Smith at No.5 in his Test World XI of the past 15 years
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.