Writer: Ben Gardner

Ashes 2021/22

Amid a sea of England negatives, Mark Wood is a positive

Wood took career-best figures at Hobart

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
Haseeb Hameed and the fragility of hope

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

by Ben Gardner / January 9, 2022
Ashes 2021/22
Hear him roar - Jonny Bairstow is far from finished as a Test force

Is Bairstow back?

by Ben Gardner / January 8, 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
South Africa v India
Quinton de Kock really could have been Adam Gilchrist's equal

"All that’s left is to watch him smash the white ball, and wonder what might have been"

by Ben Gardner / December 31, 2021
West Indies v England
No Parky, no party: Five takeaways from England's T20I squad to tour West Indies

Sure, the Ashes are the big draw. But England have already basically lost those

by Ben Gardner / December 23, 2021
Ashes 2021/22
How many changes should Joe Root make? Five selection questions for England ahead of the Boxing Day Ashes Test

There are a lot of players under pressure

by Ben Gardner / December 22, 2021
Ashes 2021/22
Who are England’s potential Big Bash Ashes Boosters?

Is it time for James Vince to get another go?

by Ben Gardner / December 21, 2021
Ashes 2021/22
Why the pink ball won't be England's silver bullet

Australia will fancy bowling England out with a beach ball, let alone a pink one

by Ben Gardner / December 14, 2021

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February '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out January 20:

Canvassing opinion from figures across the game, we tackle the burning questions facing English cricket following another miserable men’s Ashes tour.
A panel of 28 writers and pundits select WCM’s men’s Test team of 2021 and we pick out the best female cricketers of the last 12 months in a cross-format XI.
Exclusive interviews with Danni Wyatt, Alec Stewart, Steve Harmison and the Parkinson twins.
Phil Walker compares and contrasts the careers of Heather Knight and Meg Lanning as the pair prepare to lock horns in the Ashes battle
Our columnists Lawrence Booth, Andrew Miller and Adam Collins are in typically punchy form
Andy Zaltzman wraps things up by beckoning us into his mind palace.

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The independent voice of cricket

Writer: Ben Gardner

Amid a sea of England negatives, Mark Wood is a positive

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

Haseeb Hameed and the fragility of hope

Hear him roar - Jonny Bairstow is far from finished as a Test force

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

Quinton de Kock really could have been Adam Gilchrist's equal

No Parky, no party: Five takeaways from England's T20I squad to tour West Indies

How many changes should Joe Root make? Five selection questions for England ahead of the Boxing Day Ashes Test

Who are England’s potential Big Bash Ashes Boosters?

Why the pink ball won't be England's silver bullet

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