From the UAE to Magaluf – the stereotypical club cricket tours

"What goes on tour stays on tour. Hopefully..."

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Club cricket stereotypes: The characters you meet at winter nets

"Winter nets are here! New faces are welcome, but who’s going to turn up this year?"

by Adam Hopkins / December 23, 2020
Club Cricket
Nights out and praying for rain – pre-match prep for club cricketers

"Friday night is the toughest time of the week for the club cricketer"

by Adam Hopkins / December 22, 2020
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The long and short of it: Cricket's ten most remarkable journeys

From short strolls to global adventures ...

by Sam Stow / December 20, 2020
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My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib

"I felt strangely privileged to have visited Pakistan"

by Luke Alfred / December 20, 2020
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My Golden Summer, 1993: England's cluelessness and the calamitous Atherton run-out

"Cluelessness was all the rage in ’93. This was England, doing cricket, in Waugh time"

by Phil Walker / December 19, 2020
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The Ten: Remarkable mentors

"Sometimes it takes a bit of outside-the-box thinking to get cricketers to realise their full potential"

by Wisden Staff / December 19, 2020
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My Golden Summer, 1979: The thrill of the Sunday League and West Indies' World Cup dominance

"For us boys, it was heaven"

by Matt Thacker / December 18, 2020
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From Robin Smith to Colin Milburn – 10 unfortunate England careers

"Players whose time in the limelight was shorter and less happy than it should have been"

by Ed Davis / December 18, 2020
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Robert Croft on bowling with Tufnell, the Old Trafford rearguard and Glamorgan memories

"We had a pretty similar approach, me and Tuffers"

by Phil Walker / December 17, 2020

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April '21 Issue

Issue 42 of WCM is in shops from March 25:

Cover story – “County cricket is precious, for all its flaws,” writes David Hopps in a brilliant essay to open our definitive preview to the 2021 campaign.
County cricket special – previews of all 18 counties; seven bright young talents to keep an eye on; Raf Nicholson looks ahead to a groundbreaking season for the women’s domestic game; Phil Walker talks to those tasked with turning ‘Oval Invincibles’ from a marketing concept into something real; Jo Harman meets Ian Watmore, the ECB’s new chairman.
Afghan spin sensation Rashid Khan discusses enhancing his country’s reputation.
We welcome back county aficionado Elizabeth Ammon , who joins a team of columnists which includes Andrew Miller, Isabelle Westbury and Andy Zaltzman, and we also have a guest column from Emma John on the internal politics at the world’s most famous cricket club.

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From the UAE to Magaluf – the stereotypical club cricket tours

Club cricket stereotypes: The characters you meet at winter nets

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

The long and short of it: Cricket's ten most remarkable journeys

My Golden Summer, 2003/04: Exploring Pakistani culture and an unplayable Shoaib

My Golden Summer, 1993: England's cluelessness and the calamitous Atherton run-out

The Ten: Remarkable mentors

My Golden Summer, 1979: The thrill of the Sunday League and West Indies' World Cup dominance

From Robin Smith to Colin Milburn – 10 unfortunate England careers

Robert Croft on bowling with Tufnell, the Old Trafford rearguard and Glamorgan memories

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