Robert Croft on bowling with Tufnell, the Old Trafford rearguard and Glamorgan memories
"We had a pretty similar approach, me and Tuffers"
"We had a pretty similar approach, me and Tuffers"
"When Jacques Kallis edged his first ball to first slip I thought it might be one of my days"
"Some of the guys in the dressing room weren’t too happy that I turned down the single"
“My dad sits next to me and says, 'Don’t worry, one day you’ll play Test cricket for England.'”
"To play with Steve and Mark Waugh and other Australian greats was a big learning curve"
"To be honest, I wasn’t that into cricket as a kid"
"There were almost 10,000 Brits in the ground and the scenes at the end were astonishing"
"I was lucky that I performed and took to international cricket so early"
"I always knew that I could make a really big score in a one-day game"
"I’m chuffed to bits and incredibly grateful to have had a long career"
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.