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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June '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:

Phil Walker considers what the next instalment in the Ben Stokes epic will look like
John Stern examines the England MD role and what Rob Key will bring to it
The ‘next Fab Four’– we pick out four strokemakers with the potential to follow in the footsteps of Root, Kohli, Williamson and Smith, including an exclusive interview with Marnus Labuschagne
Interviews – James Wallace has an unforgettable encounter with Chris Gayle, Mark Waugh reflects on the defining moments of his run-laden career, Isa Guha speaks to the recently retired Anya Shurbsole, and we catch up with Keith Barker, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Reece Topley a part of our regular coverage of all 18 counties
Columnists – Mark Ramprakash considers the art of captaincy, Andrew Miller celebrates the excellence Pakistanis have brought to county cricket, and Lawrence Booth finds himself caught up in the culture wars

Almanack 2021

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The 158th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing, and reflects on an unprecedented year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Writers include Lawrence Booth, Sir Garfield Sobers, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Gideon Haigh, Andy Zaltzman, Tom Holland, Duncan Hamilton, Robert Winder, Matthew Engel, Scyld Berry, Derek Pringle, Jack Leach and James Anderson. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.

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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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