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India v England player ratings: England marks out of 10

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Wisden's India v England team of the Test series

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Updated World Test Championship standings after India v England Test series

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Watch: 'Virat, come on man' - Joe Root hit in groin by errant throw

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Watch: The inept tailend batting that left Washington Sundar stranded on 96*

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Rishabh Pant's wonder shot: A stroke of genius years in the making

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Watch: Pant's IPL reverse-lap of Pandya proves Anderson shot wasn't a fluke

Alex Hartley opens up on the impact of Rory Burns Twitter furore

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Practice makes perfect: Watch Pant cream reverse-lap in nets two years before Anderson marvel shot

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Is Rishabh Pant already India's greatest Test wicketkeeeper?

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Watch: Rishabh Pant gags after downing a shot of mysterious liquid

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Watch: Rishabh Pant plays audacious reverse lap against James Anderson

Watch Virat Kohli rush out of dressing room to applaud Pant's hundred

Series Editorial

Watch: Rohit Sharma dismissed for 49 after two umpire's calls

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Rohit Sharma's brilliance hides serious batting concerns

Featured

Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 41: The stories of England's black cricketers

How Alex Hales became the level of player England should make an exception for

Hartley-Burns Twitter scuffle highlights deep-rooted negative attitudes towards women's cricket in England

India v England

How to solve English cricket's spin problem

Australia v India

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'It hurts' — Langer reveals effects of coaching criticism on personal life

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Sandwichgate: The best jokes and memes

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Why Ajinkya Rahane decided against cutting a cake upon his return from Australia

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Team India's signatures on gifted jersey to Nathan Lyon amuses fans

DRS operator admits to fourth stump error in Sydney Test

Mohammed Siraj: An ode to the skill that's masked by the story

Australia v India

Why India's mid-innings message in Sydney was never delivered to Ashwin & Vihari

Australia v India

A world of Paine: Fans take aim at the wrong Tims

Wisden Almanack 2020

Funny, determined, and an all-action hero: Paul Allott's tribute to Bob Willis

The life and times of Bob Willis – Almanack

Seymour Nurse: 1933-2019

Cricket and mental health: A healing at Lord's – Almanack

Quizzes

Quiz! Wicketkeepers with the most Test centuries at home

Quiz! Name the Pakistan players with most international ducks

Quiz! Name the 22 players to play the epic tied 1999 World Cup semi-final

Quiz! Highest individual scores in men's ODIs against India

Quiz! Every player in India's XI in their first ever T20I

Quiz! Name the second-highest run-scorer from every Cricket World Cup edition

Quiz! Name the Pakistan batsmen with the most Test hundreds

Quiz! Recall these classic Mark Nicholas Ashes 2005 commentary lines word for word

How Boy Wonder became a man in the summer of '89

How Boy Wonder became a man in the summer of '89

By Scott Oliver

Scott Oliver / February 27, 2021

Scott Oliver delves deep into the summer Adam Gilchrist tore up at Richmond CC, learning to drink big, dig ditches, and pile up the runs, paving the way for an era of Australian domination of England to come

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Wisden Almanack

The peerless Darren Lehmann, a first-class cricket giant – Almanack

Bob Simpson: Enterprising leader, first-rate batsman – Almanack

The summer a young Graeme Smith silenced his doubters – Almanack

Hugh Tayfield: South Africa's greatest spinner

Glen Chapple: The leader who inspired Lancashire to County Championship glory

Ken Higgs: A seam bowler who always commanded respect – Almanack

Martin Bicknell: The best bowler of his generation not to have had a decent go at Test cricket

Dick Motz: The cricketer of a schoolboy's dreams – Almanack

The summer Alan Butcher reached his peak – Almanack

Kapil Dev's first majestic English summer – Almanack

Wisden Cricket Gear Showcase 2020

Your Game

Club Cricket

Adam Gilchrist at Richmond CC: How Boy Wonder became a man in the summer of '89

Cricket Gear

Stag Cricket: Everything you need to know

Club Cricket

An ode to the rain card

Club Cricket

From the UAE to Magaluf – the stereotypical club cricket tours

Club Cricket

Club cricket stereotypes: The characters you meet at winter nets

Club Cricket

Nights out and praying for rain – pre-match prep for club cricketers

Club Cricket

You miss, I hit: Why club cricketers should always bowl straight

Club Cricket

The Wisden Club Cricket Hall of Fame: Ron Cross

Moment of the Year/Decade?

Decade In Review

2000s in Review

Wisden's Test spell of the 2000s, No.4: Dale Steyn's 5-23

Decade in review

Wisden’s T20I Team of the Decade – David Willey makes the cut, but where is MS Dhoni?

Decade in review

Who should be the spinner in Wisden’s Test team of the decade?

Decade in review

The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Decade

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Contributors

Adam Collins

Adam Collins

Wisden columnist & host of The Final Word podcast

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Phil Walker

Phil Walker

Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief

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Lawrence Booth

Lawrence Booth

Editor of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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Jo Harman

Jo Harman

Wisden Cricket Monthly editor

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Scott Oliver

Scott Oliver

Wisden club cricket hall of fame writer

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