The paradigm shift: From Ashes 1930 to Centenary 1980 – Almanack
"Statistics are often boring and can be unjust, but in this instance they are interesting and revealing"
"Statistics are often boring and can be unjust, but in this instance they are interesting and revealing"
How cricket became the whole nation's once more
“Everybody is allowed to be themselves. That is a good thing about the world”
"A game that kept confounding expectations"
"They had to win by more than 300 runs to qualify on net run-rate"
"The memories of 25,000 captivated spectators are indelible proof that the unthinkable happened"
"A replay of the 2015 final proved similarly one-sided"
Kit Harris writes in issue 6 of the Pinch Hitter
"The fans began to wonder: could a place in the semi-finals really be slipping through England’s fingers?"
One of our hardest quizzes yet
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.