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Quiz! Every Australia men's ODI centurion in the 2000s

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Watch: Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath's heated on-field scuffle

"We still talk about it"

by Wisden Staff / June 2, 2021
Stories
Wisden's Border-Gavaskar Trophy team of the 21st century

Only one active cricketer makes the list

by Wisden Staff / January 5, 2021
Archive
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
Archive
Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith

"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"

by Andrew Flintoff / December 4, 2020
Archive
The Ten: Best opening partnerships ever

From Hobbs and Sutcliffe to Hayden and Langer

by Andy Afford and Chris Seal / November 26, 2020
Just For Laughs
Matthew Hayden on the 'arrogant' question he asked before his Queensland debut

"I was an arrogant prick"

by Henry Clark / August 15, 2020
Stories
When Matthew Hayden's sledging made Shoaib Akhtar look like 'an absolute goose'

"You want to go off, don’t you?"

by Wisden Staff / August 10, 2020
Just For Laughs
The story of Matthew Hayden’s first sighting of ‘The King’ Shane Warne

"He was so hungover"

by Wisden Staff / August 9, 2020
Stories
Matthew Hayden nearly missed the '380' game with a back injury

How the former Aussie opener nearly didn't get the chance to make history

by Henry Clark / August 7, 2020

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August '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out July 15:

Phil Walker tries to wrap his head around what has happened to England’s Test team
Moeen Ali looks to the future
Seven emerging female stars tell us how professionalisation has impacted their lives and careers
Daniel Brigham re-examines the impact made by Andrew Strauss on the 10th anniversary of the former England captain’s retirement
Jon Hotten tells us what it’s like to collaborate with Geoffrey Boycott
County Files: interviews with Toby Roland-Jones, Jordan Thompson, Colin Ingram and Simon Harmer
Columnists: Andrew Miller laments the ECB’s neglect of the T20 Blast, Mark Ramprakash on how Eoin Morgan seduced English cricket, Tim Wigmore on the eye-watering IPL broadcasting deal, Lawrence Booth on England’s trip to the Netherlands
Raf Nicholson analyses the women’s Test at Taunton
Mark Alleyne talks to Taha Hashim about the merits or otherwise of positive discrimination

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matthew hayden

Quiz! Every Australia men's ODI centurion in the 2000s

Watch: Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath's heated on-field scuffle

Wisden's Border-Gavaskar Trophy team of the 21st century

The Ten: Remarkable mentors

Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith

The Ten: Best opening partnerships ever

Matthew Hayden on the 'arrogant' question he asked before his Queensland debut

When Matthew Hayden's sledging made Shoaib Akhtar look like 'an absolute goose'

The story of Matthew Hayden’s first sighting of ‘The King’ Shane Warne

Matthew Hayden nearly missed the '380' game with a back injury

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