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What if ‘Hendrick to Richards’ meant something else entirely?

What if ‘Hendrick to Richards’ meant something else entirely?

By Rob Smyth

Rob Smyth / July 28, 2021

Rob Smyth dives deep into the 1979 men’s World Cup, when England came so near yet so far from putting a halt on West Indies’ early ODI dominance

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Wisden Cricket Monthly – Issue 47

Wisden Cricket Monthly – Issue 46

The Cricketers’ Who’s Who 2021

Contributors

Yas Rana

Yas Rana

Wisden.com head of content & Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast host

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Phil Walker

Phil Walker

Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief

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Ben Gardner

Ben Gardner

Wisden.com managing editor & Wisden Cricket Monthly columnist

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Jo Harman

Jo Harman

Wisden Cricket Monthly editor

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Aadya Sharma

Aadya Sharma

Wisden India editor

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