Writer: Alex Bowden

Club Cricket

From hunches to tosses: The club cricket captaincy handbook

"To really show your worth, you need to have hunches"

Archive
My Golden Summer 2000: When Andy Caddick was the finest bowler who ever lived

"It was life-affirming collective euphoria"

by Alex Bowden / October 14, 2020
Magazine
Best and Worst: Hollywood Cameos – From 'Vertical Limit' to 'The Beach'

The highs and lows of cricket’s fleeting appearances on the silver screen

by Alex Bowden / September 17, 2020
Features
Best and Worst: Commentary lines – From Benaud's 'Morning, everyone' to 'Cheteshwar Jadeja'

“And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century”

by Alex Bowden / July 21, 2020
Features
When Andrew Caddick won it with a magic four-wicket over at Headingley

"Memories of toiling England seamers faded against a new backdrop of wanton destruction"

by Alex Bowden / July 11, 2020
Features
Best and Worst: Signature shots – From the Dilscoop to Gower's lazy waft

"Poetry in motion cannot overcome even the smallest typo"

by Alex Bowden / June 22, 2020
Opinion
England caught between two worlds: Curran, Moeen only belong in one

England must decide between picking their five most adaptable bowlers or reverting to a six-man attack

by Alex Bowden / February 6, 2019
Opinion
Why England & India are building up to an epic Test series like Ashes 2005

Alex Bowden praises the tour schedule that has allowed characters and storylines to emerge ahead of climatic Tests

by Alex Bowden / July 19, 2018
Opinion
England have a killer 2021 schedule – players & fans need more downtime

'2021 is all killer with only very small amounts of filler'

by Alex Bowden / June 28, 2018
Opinion
How England can use Buttler's bold thinking in Tests

One-day 'specialists' can bring forward thinking to the longest form

by Alex Bowden / June 7, 2018

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August '21 Issue

Issue 46 of WCM is in shops from July 15:

Cover story – Batters in English cricket are scoring fewer first-class runs than they used to. In a special investigation, WCM’s team of writers look to find out why.
Jo Harman previews The Hundred, while Andrew Miller derides the tournament’s “vapidly awful PR”.
The great Indian writer Suresh Menon on the changing shapes and lines of Indian batsmanship.
Ellyse Perry sits down with Taha Hashim to discuss her extraordinary career.
The big stories from another month of county cricket, featuring interviews with George Garton, Keaton Jennings and Simon Harmer.
The godfather of reverse swing, Sarfraz Nawaz, discusses his life in cricket.
Writer and academic Rod Edmond celebrates the most significant week in Kiwi cricketing history.
Andy Zaltzman reveals more facts about the number 46 than strictly necessary.
Elizabeth Ammon says the One-Day Cup can be this summer’s hidden gem.
Isabelle Westbury argues our game isn’t as traditional as it often claims to be.

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The independent voice of cricket

Writer: Alex Bowden

From hunches to tosses: The club cricket captaincy handbook

My Golden Summer 2000: When Andy Caddick was the finest bowler who ever lived

Best and Worst: Hollywood Cameos – From 'Vertical Limit' to 'The Beach'

Best and Worst: Commentary lines – From Benaud's 'Morning, everyone' to 'Cheteshwar Jadeja'

When Andrew Caddick won it with a magic four-wicket over at Headingley

Best and Worst: Signature shots – From the Dilscoop to Gower's lazy waft

England caught between two worlds: Curran, Moeen only belong in one

Why England & India are building up to an epic Test series like Ashes 2005

England have a killer 2021 schedule – players & fans need more downtime

How England can use Buttler's bold thinking in Tests

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