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Wisden's 'The best years of our lives' XI

Joe Root misses out

Features
The 1979 World Cup Final: What if 'Hendrick to Richards' meant something else entirely?

“No one will ever convince me that we were 92 runs the poorer side”

by Rob Smyth / July 28, 2021
Just For Laughs
Birthday message makes fans wonder if Kohli rates Viv over Sachin

The greatest ever vs one of the greatest

by Wisden Staff / April 24, 2021
Archive
The Ten: Nightmare County Championship seasons

"The lacklusture and luckless years and the leanest of lean spells"

by Wisden Staff / December 2, 2020
Archive
The Ten: Acts of skulduggery

"It's not all teas and scones"

by Ed Davis, Richard Dawson and Phil Walker / November 25, 2020
Archive
The Ten: Cricket songs

"Henry Cowen pops in his headphones and listens to some of cricket’s best (and worst) songs"

by Henry Cowen / October 24, 2020
Archive
The Ten: Inspired last-wicket stands

Some long, some snappy, a few arse-nippers and large dollops of tension

by Phil Walker and Steve Coleman / October 18, 2020
Archive
The Ten: Games within a game

"The occasions when it wasn't just cricket"

by Ed Kemp / October 13, 2020
Archive
My Golden Summer, 1976: The smouldering West Indies and the 'grovel' episode

"The West Indies team of 1976 were the best I’ve ever seen and the best I expect to see"

by Richard H Thomas / October 4, 2020
Golden Summers
'Lithe, debonair and quite brilliant' – the West Indies class of 1984

"They wore smart maroon blazers and open-necked shirts and were lithe, debonair and quite brilliant"

by Tanya Aldred / September 28, 2020

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February '23 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 19:

Cover story – how Ben Stokes’ bold and unconventional leadership sparked England’s outstanding Test series win in Pakistan
2022 in review – our panel of experts pick a men’s Test XI and women’s cross-format team of the last year
Ricky Ponting shares his concerns for the future of Test cricket and the fallout from Justin Langer’s ousting
The burgeoning business of women’s cricket
Columnists – Andrew Miller, Lawrence Booth and Adam Collins
John Hollioake, father of Adam and Ben, talks Jo Harman through a fairytale with a tragic ending
Liam Brickhill reports on Zimbabwe’s heartening resurgence
Coaching – Mark Ramprakash, Anya Shrubsole and John Simpson

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Wisden's 'The best years of our lives' XI

The 1979 World Cup Final: What if 'Hendrick to Richards' meant something else entirely?

Birthday message makes fans wonder if Kohli rates Viv over Sachin

The Ten: Nightmare County Championship seasons

The Ten: Acts of skulduggery

The Ten: Cricket songs

The Ten: Inspired last-wicket stands

The Ten: Games within a game

My Golden Summer, 1976: The smouldering West Indies and the 'grovel' episode

'Lithe, debonair and quite brilliant' – the West Indies class of 1984

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