The October issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out September 27, is available to order now.
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Cover story – Gideon Haigh and WCM columnist Kumar Sangakkara write beautifully on the career of Alastair Cook after England’s record run-scorer’s emotional farewell to international cricket at The Oval. “What I relished in Cook was that he arrived an outlier and remained one,” says Haigh
Jonathan Liew talks to Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid about their enduring friendship, the pitfalls of social media and “representing the diversity of England”
We pick out the major stories of the summer, including Surrey’s first Championship title for 16 years, told through the season diary of BBC commentator Mark Church; WCM editor-in-chief Phil Walker hails the impact of chief selector Ed Smith after England’s series win over India; and Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell reflects on a lean year of historic proportions for opening batsmen up and down the land
Ben Gardner meets the Afghanistan squad on their tour of England and Ireland and asks what comes next for Test cricket’s newest nation
The Club Debate – Rich Evans asks if there are too many cricket clubs
The Wisden Club Cricket Awards – celebrating standout performers from club cricket
Elsewhere in issue 12 – Jonathan Trott talks to John Stern about his complicated relationship with cricket; Freddie Wilde of CricViz gives a statistical analysis of the T20 Blast; Elizabeth Ammon asserts that the domestic game is in rude health, despite what some may have you believe; Raf Nicholson selects her Kia Super League team of the year; Mike Procter picks out the defining moments from his life in the game; Felix White watches Alastair Cook’s final Test innings unfold with Radio 1 DJ Greg James