Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 61: Ollie Pope – How England's golden boy learned to live dangerously
I found it so frustrating. I couldn’t work out why I wasn’t taking my performances for Surrey into the Test…
I found it so frustrating. I couldn’t work out why I wasn’t taking my performances for Surrey into the Test…
Flower and Bayliss both coached Stokes as England head coaches
Silverwood has been England’s fast-bowling coach since January 2018
"There has to be a collaborative approach ensuring that England is at the heart of it"
"I am more than happy to listen to what they have in mind"
The outgoing England coach's top moments, and the memories he'd rather leave behind
"We stuck to our guns through those four years, and through some tough periods as well"
"Sometimes you can only be as good as the players you've actually got in the team"
"I'm always positive - we can do it"
"We think we’ve got the best seven batters available to us at the moment"
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.