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Asif Iqbal: A specialist in the impossible – Almanack

"I believe firmly in the basic principles of the game"

Features
My Favourite Photo: International Batsman of the Year Challenge Cup

"Here is a picture to quicken the blood"

by Jon Hotten / May 10, 2020
County Cricket
Super Kent: When county cricket's sleeping giants woke up

"We were an outstanding team. From No.9 up everyone had scored a first-class hundred"

by Jo Harman / March 20, 2020
Magazine
Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 24: The New Don – how Smith eclipsed them all

The 10 big stories from the most thrilling Ashes series in a generation

by Wisden Staff / September 25, 2019
County Cricket
County cricket's greatest overseas players: Kent

Hooper, Iqbal or de Silva?

by Wisden Staff / June 6, 2018

December '21 Issue

Ashes special – we consider how Joe Root’s men can overcome the odds, CricViz examine the accepted truths of how teams can beat the Aussies in Australia, and Haseeb Hameed gives a rare exclusive
Cricket’s great half-centuries
Phil Tufnell on his turbulent life in the game
Katherine Brunt sits down with her forming bowling partner Isa Guha to discuss her extraordinary career
County Files – outgoing Essex legend Ryan ten Doeschate opens up on leadership and the big regret from his decorated career
Columnists – Andrew Miller shines a light on cricket’s moral maze, Lawrence Booth tackles the question of taking a knee, Adam Collins laments the premature international retirement of James Pattinson and Suresh Menon considers the wider impact of the game’s fiercest rivalry

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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asif iqbal

Asif Iqbal: A specialist in the impossible – Almanack

My Favourite Photo: International Batsman of the Year Challenge Cup

Super Kent: When county cricket's sleeping giants woke up

Wisden Cricket Monthly issue 24: The New Don – how Smith eclipsed them all

County cricket's greatest overseas players: Kent

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