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T20 World Cup 2021

Five selection dilemmas for India ahead of the T20 World Cup

How much weight will be given to recent performances?

Indian Premier League 2021
Wisden’s IPL 2021 team of the tournament so far

Delhi Capitals dominate

by Ben Gardner / May 3, 2021
Opinion
Wisden's England under-24 Test XI

The future is bright

by Ben Gardner / April 30, 2021
Indian Premier League 2021
Ishan Kishan axing shows cracks are starting to form in Mumbai Indians juggernaut

Kishan was Mumbai's highest run-scorer in IPL 2020

by Rohit Sankar / April 30, 2021
Indian Premier League 2021
Why sending Dinesh Karthik in over Andre Russell is almost always a mistake

Russell is unarguably the biggest threat in the KKR line-up

by Rohit Sankar / April 25, 2021
Stories
Five takeaways from Australia's central contract list for 2021-22

Travis Head, Will Pucovski, Matthew Wade and Joe Burns miss out

by Rohit Sankar / April 23, 2021
Stories
How 'sparkless' Gaikwad is finally sparkling under Dhoni in IPL 2021

"Enough in his reactions to suggest he wasn't rattled"

by Rohit Sankar / April 23, 2021
Opinion
Ed Smith, the intellectual outsider, falls victim to competing agendas

Head coach, chief selector, unlikely figurehead: Chris Silverwood is now the unassailable top dog

by Phil Walker / April 21, 2021
Opinion
Sanju Samson's mindset sets him apart from the herd

"Very soon in the future you won’t be seeing singles being attempted"

by Rohit Sankar / April 18, 2021
Indian Premier League 2021
For people to talk up Chris Woakes, the T20 cricketer, he might have to talk up himself first

Woakes last played a T20I in 2015

by Ben Gardner / April 17, 2021

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May '21 Issue

Issue 43 of WCM is in shops from April 2021:

Cover story – Dan Lawrence, England’s latest Test debutant, tells Phil Walker about his “strange” strokeplay, England’s dressing-room dynamic and coming up against Virat Kohli.
‘The County Files’ – a new section covering all 18 counties in every issue.
Suresh Menon interviews legendary Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble.
Chris Broad reflects on his colourful career in the game.
Mohammad Amir tells Saj Sadiq his decision to retire from international cricket wasn’t selfish.
Jo Harman tracks the history of the race to 1,000 runs before the end of May.
Mark Wood looks back on the summer that changed everything
Columnists: Elizabeth Ammon, Isabelle Westbury, Andrew Miller and Andy Zaltzman.
An extended club section to mark the return of recreational cricket

Almanack 2021

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opinion

Five selection dilemmas for India ahead of the T20 World Cup

Wisden’s IPL 2021 team of the tournament so far

Wisden's England under-24 Test XI

Ishan Kishan axing shows cracks are starting to form in Mumbai Indians juggernaut

Why sending Dinesh Karthik in over Andre Russell is almost always a mistake

Five takeaways from Australia's central contract list for 2021-22

How 'sparkless' Gaikwad is finally sparkling under Dhoni in IPL 2021

Ed Smith, the intellectual outsider, falls victim to competing agendas

Sanju Samson's mindset sets him apart from the herd

For people to talk up Chris Woakes, the T20 cricketer, he might have to talk up himself first

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