Writer: Yas Rana

Stories
Six items in Ben Stokes’ in-tray as he takes on the England Test captaincy

Stokes has been appointed as Root's successor

by Yas Rana / April 28, 2022
County Championship 2022
Ben Compton, the record-breaking opener making up for lost time

Compton already have five first-class hundreds in 2022

by Yas Rana / April 23, 2022
Stories
Six questions facing Rob Key as England's new managing director of men's cricket

Key was named the ECB's new managing director of men's cricket on Easter Sunday

by Yas Rana / April 17, 2022
West Indies v England
Outside Asia, is Jack Leach the Test spinner England are looking for?

Leach averages 77 in the first innings of Tests outside Asia

by Yas Rana / March 19, 2022
West Indies v England
It is too early to judge Matt Fisher and Saqib Mahmood, but not Chris Woakes

Woakes went wicketless on day three

by Yas Rana / March 18, 2022
West Indies v England
Forget the reset, a return to Ben Stokes' old ways is what England need more than anything

Could a return to his best just be round the corner?

by Yas Rana / March 17, 2022
West Indies v England
Nkrumah Bonner, West Indies' unlikely middle order fulcrum

Bonner was the standout performer on day three

by Yas Rana / March 10, 2022
West Indies v England
England's red-ball 'reset' is nothing of the sort

"The sense collectively is an unimaginative one"

by Yas Rana / March 1, 2022
Interviews
Ben Duckett: I'd be lying if I said I didn't look at players' records when they get picked for England

Ben Duckett talks to Yas Rana about a challenging winter and where his game is at ahead of the 2022…

by Yas Rana / March 1, 2022
West Indies v England
Pope clings on, a red-ball/white-ball split and Broaderson discarded: five takeaways from England's Test squad announcement for the West Indies

16 names, eight changes

by Yas Rana / February 8, 2022

August '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out July 15:

Phil Walker tries to wrap his head around what has happened to England’s Test team
Moeen Ali looks to the future
Seven emerging female stars tell us how professionalisation has impacted their lives and careers
Daniel Brigham re-examines the impact made by Andrew Strauss on the 10th anniversary of the former England captain’s retirement
Jon Hotten tells us what it’s like to collaborate with Geoffrey Boycott
County Files: interviews with Toby Roland-Jones, Jordan Thompson, Colin Ingram and Simon Harmer
Columnists: Andrew Miller laments the ECB’s neglect of the T20 Blast, Mark Ramprakash on how Eoin Morgan seduced English cricket, Tim Wigmore on the eye-watering IPL broadcasting deal, Lawrence Booth on England’s trip to the Netherlands
Raf Nicholson analyses the women’s Test at Taunton
Mark Alleyne talks to Taha Hashim about the merits or otherwise of positive discrimination

Almanack 2021

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The 158th edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the world’s finest sports writing, and reflects on an unprecedented year dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Writers include Lawrence Booth, Sir Garfield Sobers, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Gideon Haigh, Andy Zaltzman, Tom Holland, Duncan Hamilton, Robert Winder, Matthew Engel, Scyld Berry, Derek Pringle, Jack Leach and James Anderson. As usual, Wisden includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries. And, as ever, there are reports and scorecards for every Test, together with forthright opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records.

The independent voice of cricket

Writer: Yas Rana

Six items in Ben Stokes’ in-tray as he takes on the England Test captaincy

Ben Compton, the record-breaking opener making up for lost time

Six questions facing Rob Key as England's new managing director of men's cricket

Outside Asia, is Jack Leach the Test spinner England are looking for?

It is too early to judge Matt Fisher and Saqib Mahmood, but not Chris Woakes

Forget the reset, a return to Ben Stokes' old ways is what England need more than anything

Nkrumah Bonner, West Indies' unlikely middle order fulcrum

England's red-ball 'reset' is nothing of the sort

Ben Duckett: I'd be lying if I said I didn't look at players' records when they get picked for England

Pope clings on, a red-ball/white-ball split and Broaderson discarded: five takeaways from England's Test squad announcement for the West Indies

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