World Test Championship 2021-23

Ashes 2021/22
Watch: Ben Stokes survives bizarre 'out' lbw decision after replays show ball hit stump, not pad

A baffling moment

by Wisden Staff / January 7, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Watch: Mitchell Starc swings ball through massive bat-pad gap to continue horror series for Haseeb Hameed

Hameed has made five consecutive single figure scores

by Wisden Staff / January 7, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
‘You bowled so called “pace”’ - Shane Warne hits back at former Test cricketer after being criticised for ‘bagging his own Aussie players’

Warne and Sayers have history

by Wisden Staff / January 7, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Darren Stevens hits back at 'unfair' criticism that he is what's wrong with county cricket

Stevens was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2021

by Wisden Staff / January 6, 2022
World Test Championship
New Zealand’s World Test Championship defence is already hanging by a thread

A shock defeat to Bangladesh has set New Zealand back

by Ben Gardner / January 5, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Watch: Mark Wood rips out Marnus Labuschagne with 90mph missile in terrifyingly rapid spell

Wood maintained an average speed of 92.5mph

by Wisden Staff / January 5, 2022
Bangladesh v Pakistan 2021
Why Pakistan's last-gasp win over Bangladesh could be crucial in the World Test Championship

Pakistan don't play any of the top six sides in the world away from home in this WTC cycle

by Wisden Staff / December 9, 2021

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June '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out May 22:

Phil Walker considers what the next instalment in the Ben Stokes epic will look like
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
Columnists – Mark Ramprakash considers the art of captaincy, Andrew Miller celebrates the excellence Pakistanis have brought to county cricket, and Lawrence Booth finds himself caught up in the culture wars

Almanack 2021

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World Test Championship 2021-23

Watch: Ben Stokes survives bizarre 'out' lbw decision after replays show ball hit stump, not pad

Watch: Mitchell Starc swings ball through massive bat-pad gap to continue horror series for Haseeb Hameed

‘You bowled so called “pace”’ - Shane Warne hits back at former Test cricketer after being criticised for ‘bagging his own Aussie players’

Darren Stevens hits back at 'unfair' criticism that he is what's wrong with county cricket

New Zealand’s World Test Championship defence is already hanging by a thread

Watch: Mark Wood rips out Marnus Labuschagne with 90mph missile in terrifyingly rapid spell

Why Pakistan's last-gasp win over Bangladesh could be crucial in the World Test Championship

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