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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August '21 Issue

Issue 46 of WCM is in shops from July 15:

Cover story – Batters in English cricket are scoring fewer first-class runs than they used to. In a special investigation, WCM’s team of writers look to find out why.
Jo Harman previews The Hundred, while Andrew Miller derides the tournament’s “vapidly awful PR”.
The great Indian writer Suresh Menon on the changing shapes and lines of Indian batsmanship.
Ellyse Perry sits down with Taha Hashim to discuss her extraordinary career.
The big stories from another month of county cricket, featuring interviews with George Garton, Keaton Jennings and Simon Harmer.
The godfather of reverse swing, Sarfraz Nawaz, discusses his life in cricket.
Writer and academic Rod Edmond celebrates the most significant week in Kiwi cricketing history.
Andy Zaltzman reveals more facts about the number 46 than strictly necessary.
Elizabeth Ammon says the One-Day Cup can be this summer’s hidden gem.
Isabelle Westbury argues our game isn’t as traditional as it often claims to be.

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.

The independent voice of cricket

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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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