When a 20-year-old Dwayne Smith stuck it to South Africa on debut
"Merely a glimpse of another Bajun Boy Wonder thrashing and burning"
"Merely a glimpse of another Bajun Boy Wonder thrashing and burning"
England inflicted the first defeat on the West Indies in Barbados for 59 years.
"Hutton’s batsmanship was never raw, unprincipled or embryonic"
“I saw it coming all the way, but it bounced out of my hand and ended up in the lap…
16 names, four minutes – all the best!
The fastest bowler the world has ever seen?
"A perfect off-break. Drift. Spin. Bounce. Inside edge. From bat to knee-roll and into Ian Bell’s hands"
"Few have deflected the ball into the leg-side with less fuss and more effect"
“I just tried to survive initially, but my natural instincts to survive are to play aggressively”
"England were expected to lose, and lose badly"
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.