World Test Championship

South Africa v India

Why South Africa have a decent chance of making the World Test Championship final

SA are currently fourth on the WTC table

South Africa v India
India's World Test Championship pursuit now has almost no margin for error

Can India qualify for the WTC final again?

by Wisden Staff / January 15, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
'There had to be more desperation' - Ricky Ponting and Alastair Cook criticise Rory Burns for not diving in attempt to avoid run out

The dismissal was Burns' seventh Test duck in the last 12 months

by Wisden Staff / January 15, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
'Bringing the game into disrepute' - Pundits angry at Ashes delay for rain 'you can hardly feel'

“You know, sometimes I'm not sure Test cricket deserves to survive"

by Wisden Staff / January 14, 2022
South Africa v India
CricViz: Bounce angle for overturned Dean Elgar-Ashwin lbw not unusual

SuperSport don't control HawkEye

by Wisden Staff / January 14, 2022
South Africa v India
Why Virat Kohli is unlikely to get banned for his Cape Town outburst, and why it’s different to Kagiso Rabada’s celebration ban

Kohli last copped a demerit point in 2019

by Ben Gardner / January 14, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Watch: Marnus Labuschagne walks across, slips over, gets bowled in one of the strangest Test dismissals ever

What on earth...

by Wisden Staff / January 14, 2022
Series Editorial
After Bumrah no-ball, Dale Steyn suggests radical ‘free hit’ law change in Test cricket to protect tailenders

"I’m still one for being hard and coming hard"

by Wisden Staff / January 12, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Moeen Ali: I don't see Eoin Morgan as a future head coach

"Someone like Chris Jordan who does a bit of everything, I think he would be a very good coach"

by Wisden Staff / January 9, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Haseeb Hameed and the fragility of hope

Is that it, then, for Haseeb Hameed, for now?

by Ben Gardner / January 9, 2022

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June '22 Issue

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John Stern examines the England MD role and what Rob Key will bring to it
The ‘next Fab Four’– we pick out four strokemakers with the potential to follow in the footsteps of Root, Kohli, Williamson and Smith, including an exclusive interview with Marnus Labuschagne
Interviews – James Wallace has an unforgettable encounter with Chris Gayle, Mark Waugh reflects on the defining moments of his run-laden career, Isa Guha speaks to the recently retired Anya Shurbsole, and we catch up with Keith Barker, Daniel Bell-Drummond and Reece Topley a part of our regular coverage of all 18 counties
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World Test Championship

Why South Africa have a decent chance of making the World Test Championship final

India's World Test Championship pursuit now has almost no margin for error

'There had to be more desperation' - Ricky Ponting and Alastair Cook criticise Rory Burns for not diving in attempt to avoid run out

'Bringing the game into disrepute' - Pundits angry at Ashes delay for rain 'you can hardly feel'

CricViz: Bounce angle for overturned Dean Elgar-Ashwin lbw not unusual

Why Virat Kohli is unlikely to get banned for his Cape Town outburst, and why it’s different to Kagiso Rabada’s celebration ban

Watch: Marnus Labuschagne walks across, slips over, gets bowled in one of the strangest Test dismissals ever

After Bumrah no-ball, Dale Steyn suggests radical ‘free hit’ law change in Test cricket to protect tailenders

Moeen Ali: I don't see Eoin Morgan as a future head coach

Haseeb Hameed and the fragility of hope

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