Watch: No.9 Abrar Ahmed hoicks Mark Wood over his head, plays cheeky late cut in delightful boundary-laden cameo
Abrar scored 17 in 12 balls
Abrar scored 17 in 12 balls
Another snorter of a delivery
An absolute pearler
You have three minutes to get all 13 names right
Jack Leach became the twentieth spinner to take 100 wickets for England with an excellent spell in Multan.
A meme of a meme
Duckett survived a controversial lbw call, only to be dismissed lbw in the same over
Debutant Abrar Ahmed picked up a wicket in his debut Test over
England good, Pakistan bad?
It is a template likely to be followed by teams when 20 wickets are improbable
The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out June 6:
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.