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Quizzes
Quiz! Name every men's Test captain to keep wicket since 1945

23 names, six minutes

by Wisden Staff / July 25, 2020
Stories
The John Wright advice in '93 that changed a young Justin Langer's mindset

"That’s not a cigarette, you are smoking something else"

by Wisden Staff / July 25, 2020
Club Cricket
Curtly the clubbie, part one: Cornflakes and clattered stumps at Chester Boughton Hall

England’s first glimpse of ‘Ambi’

by Scott Oliver / July 25, 2020
Features
Best and Worst: Captaincy ruses – From 'Border control' to Langer falling victim to funk

Masterplans and flawed schemes

by Jo Harman / July 25, 2020
England v West Indies
Is Stuart Broad about to enjoy a career batting renaissance?

Only Ian Botham has hit a faster Test fifty for England

by Ben Gardner / July 25, 2020
Features
The Ten: Part-timer scalps – From Ponting snaring Vaughan to Gilly's 'Gangnam Style'

From 'Border's control' to a 'tricky' Lambert

by David Wilkinson / July 25, 2020
Stories
What MS Dhoni told Stuart Binny before match-saving 78 v England on debut

"I looked at him like I can't believe he said something like that"

by Wisden Staff / July 25, 2020
Almanack
Bill Bowes: The bespectacled, loosely-built man who became a key England bowler – Almanack

"Bowes plays in glasses but that apparently is little or no handicap to him"

by Almanack Archive / July 25, 2020
Quizzes
Quiz! Match India's highest ODI wicket-takers with their total wickets

22 names, five minutes!

by Wisden Staff / July 25, 2020
Stories
When Langer grabbed Gilchrist 'by the neck' during the 2001 Ashes

"I grabbed him by the neck and chucked him up against the wall"

by Wisden Staff / July 25, 2020

June '21 Issue

Issue 44 of WCM is in shops from May 20:

10 of England’s finest run-makers tell us about the innings when it all just clicked into place, including David Gower, Charlotte Edwards, Mike Atherton, Kevin Pietersen, and Graham Gooch
Chris Woakes opens up to Phil Walker about a frustrating few months and life in the IPL bubble.
News and interviews from all 18 first-class counties
Carlos Brathwaite speaks to John Stern about the “curse” of Kolkata
Sophie Ecclestone talks to Jo Harman about being the world No.1 spin bowler
Shane Bond on his glittering but all-too-brief playing career
Dennis Amiss picks Warwickshire’s Greatest XI.
The ongoing impact of Kevin O’Brien’s whirlwind World Cup century against England
Columnists: Andrew Miller compares cricket to the European Super League proposal, Elizabeth Ammon says the Blast has a golden opportunity to reassert its value, Isabelle Westbury voices her concerns for the future of independent journalism, and Andy Zaltzman explains the significance of the number 36

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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Quiz! Name every men's Test captain to keep wicket since 1945

The John Wright advice in '93 that changed a young Justin Langer's mindset

Curtly the clubbie, part one: Cornflakes and clattered stumps at Chester Boughton Hall

Best and Worst: Captaincy ruses – From 'Border control' to Langer falling victim to funk

Is Stuart Broad about to enjoy a career batting renaissance?

The Ten: Part-timer scalps – From Ponting snaring Vaughan to Gilly's 'Gangnam Style'

What MS Dhoni told Stuart Binny before match-saving 78 v England on debut

Bill Bowes: The bespectacled, loosely-built man who became a key England bowler – Almanack

Quiz! Match India's highest ODI wicket-takers with their total wickets

When Langer grabbed Gilchrist 'by the neck' during the 2001 Ashes

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