Without meaningful support, the World Test Championship is doomed to failure

PICK A SIDE, BUT DON’T STICK TO IT

Iused to love tuning in to the radio on those Sunday

WISDEN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR 2020

It may have been a year unlike any other, but the prestigious Wisden Photograph of the Year continues.

THE Top Six

The month in cricket No.1

Glenn Maxwell and the pursuit of happiness

A year after taking a break from the game he had fallen out of love with, Glenn Maxwell thrilled fans in a way few cricketers can during Australia’s recent white-ball contests against India. Adam Collins celebrates the rejuvenation of a player he just can’t get enough of

Where is cricket’s Marcus Rashford?

With athletes increasingly making their voices heard on issues that transcend their sport, Isabelle Westbury asks why cricketers continue to stay within the boundary rope

England hit the summit with T20 World Cup on the horizon

Before a Covid scare curtailed their white-ball tour, England whitewashed South Africa 3-0 in the T20I series to move top of the world rankings. Jo Harman considers what Eoin Morgan will have learnt ahead of next year’s World Cup in India

The world according to...

The Outlaws stalwart on an early brush with the law, co-habiting with Alex Hales and being publicly torn to shreds by a legend of the game

NEWS CYCLE

Ben Gardner implores you to switch it up, for once

Ian SALISBURY

Ian Salisbury’s return to Sussex as the club’s new head coach completes a remarkable journey. He talks to Phil Walker about fate, loss, legbreaks, and returning to where it all began

CRICKET AND CHRISTMAS

Some winters are bleaker than others

RE:VIEW

Following Jonny Bairstow’s recall to England’s Test squad for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka, three Wisden writers consider whether the selectors made the right call

MAILBOX

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ROLLING THUNDER REVUE

AHEAD OF A MONSTROUSLY BUSY YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD, ENGLAND’S TEST CAPTAIN OPENS UP ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD, PROVING A POINT WITH THE BAT, AND WHETHER IT REALLY IS THE IMPOSSIBLE JOB

BLOOD, SWEAT & OVERCOME FEARS

Twenty years on from one of England’s greatest overseas triumphs, Jo Harman revisits a combustible series remembered for the brilliance of Thorpe, the defiance of Hussain, and some of the worst umpiring ever witnessed in international cricket

The BEST OF 2020

It’s been a year that we won’t ever want to see repeated, but it’s not been allbad

PICKING UP THE PIECES

The Professional Cricketers’ Association has had to navigate one of the most challenging years in its 54-year history. Its chairman and chief executive sat down with Phil Walker to discuss the state of play and what’s to come

And so this is Christmas

Christmas can be a curious time for an England cricketer, far from home and lacking for distractions. James Wallace looks back at how they’ve filled their festive seasons over the years

My Favourite Innings

The Indian writer and journalist recalls a freewheeling masterwork from a strangely underappreciated icon

DISRUPTING THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN

In the final part of our series, John Stern investigates the lack of diversity in English coaching at the elite level and speaks to the first county adopting the Rooney Rule in their hunt for a new head coach

The GREATEST XI

Next in our series, Allan Lamb picks a team of his county’s outstanding players

Mohammad YOUSUF

The Pakistani stylist on his career of faith and reward

Will player agencies survive the pandemic?

The industry that deals with placing overseas players into clubs is under threat. Can it survive any further loss of revenue? Scott Oliver reports

Should we preserve the cricket tea at all costs?

The cricket tea has been in the news recently, due

NUMBER 44 MALCOLM ROBERTS

From the mid-80s to the late-90s, stylish Bromley-born

Ben Duckett

The Notts Outlaw on the secrets behind his success in the short format

REVIEWS

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QUIZ OF THE YEAR

Win a top-of-therange New Balance TC 1260 bat, as used

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Tales & treasures from cricket’s glorious past 1978 MY GOLDEN SUMMER

The acclaimed sportswriter and broadcaster reflects

MY YEAR

Cricketer by summer, doctor by winter; the former Kent

DAY OF DAYS

James Wallace takes us back to an unexpected triumph for England on the only instance in history when they have played Test cricket on Christmas Day

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN

Charlie Connelly recreates the heroics of the great English bowler Alfred Shaw on board the Lusitania

My PERFECT DAY

The legendary England batsman curates a day of carousing at Lord’s