Wisden Cricket Monthly

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WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY

Likely lads remind us of the good things

THE Top Six

Windies’ demise exposes tear in the game’s fabric • West Indies’ failure to qualify for the men’s 50-over World Cup should serve as a wake-up call to boards who underestimate the pulling power of the ever-expanding T20 franchise circuit, writes Andrew Miller

Team of the Month • Jo Harman selects a side of the month’s best performers, including a flying Dutchman who secured his country’s place at the World Cup and a record-breaking Malaysian

Standing on the brink • Mark Ramprakash considers the most difficult question a cricketer will face in their career: when to call it quits

Broad orchestrates the perfect farewell • Ever since coming into the Test team, Ollie Robinson has observed Stuart Broad at close quarters. He writes about learning from the master showman, and sharing a dressing room with him – a place that will never be the same again

Who will step up to the Bazball challenge? • England have revolutionised the way they play Test cricket, giving the format a shot in the arm in the process. But their opponents may not be so quick to follow their lead, writes Lawrence Booth, writes Lawrence Booth

NEWS CYCLE • Ben Gardner on a day in the life of Tamim Iqbal

KUMAR SANGAKKARA • The Sri Lankan legend on an Ashes series which left him wanting more, rumours of a rift with Jonny Bairstow, and regrets that he could have approached Test cricket differently

RE:VIEW • Three writers consider some of the main talking points that have emerged from the men’s Ashes

The Game’s GONE • James Wallace (and his alter-ego) dig into one of the game’s lingering issues

Mailbox • In association with Chapel Down, the letter of the month receives a bottle of awardwinning English sparkling wine – Chapel Down Brut. Based in Kent, Chapel Down is England’s leading wine producer and the official sparkling wine of the ECB.

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering each of the 18 firstclass counties every month, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

Regional Round-Up • Jo Harman picks out the big stories from the last month of women’s regional cricket, as The Blaze remain on track to reach their second final of the season

‘GO ON, PARTNER!’ • Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, the breakout stars of the men’s Ashes, tell Phil Walker about lighting up the most gripping Test series in years, and being at the sharp end of a bona fide sporting revolution

THE MEN’S ASHES IN NUMBERS

FALLING FOR THE ASHES • After a men’s Ashes series which had the nation gripped, a handful of new and returning fans tell us why the contest captured their imagination and fuelled their interest in cricket

USMAN KHAWAJA • The Australian opener talks Aadam Patel through an epic Ashes series in which he was rarely far from the action, reflecting on the behaviour of English fans, that rogue ball at The Oval and his old-school approach to “the hardest job in cricket”

WHO PLAYS? • Forgive us, we just can’t wait. Jo Harman peers into his murky crystal ball and reveals the teams for the Brisbane Test of November 2025

THE GREAT ESCAPE • Katya Witney reflects on a captivating Women’s Ashes series which broke new ground on and off the pitch and saw England go toe-to-toe with the world-conquering Aussies

THE RECKONING • On the eve of the Lord’s Test, the long-awaited Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) published its landmark report. Holding up a mirror to cricket, framed around the...