Wisden Cricket Monthly  |  August 2021
The reasons are many and the theories manifold and various, but one thing is irrefutable: batters in English cricket are scoring fewer first-class runs than they used to. In a series of in-depth essays, WCM’s team of writers look to find out why.
Elsewhere, Jo Harman previews The Hundred – while Andrew Miller derides the “vapidly awful PR” which has so blighted its gestation, the great Indian writer Suresh Menon produces a beautiful essay on the changing shapes and lines of Indian batsmanship, and Ellyse Perry sits down with Taha Hashim to discuss her extraordinary career.
As ever, we have all the big stories from another month of county cricket in ‘The County Files’, featuring interviews with George Garton, Keaton Jennings and Simon Harmer among many others.
The godfather of reverse swing, Sarfraz Nawaz, discusses his life in cricket, Ben Jones writes about falling hard for Ian Bell, the New Zealand writer and academic Rod Edmond celebrates the most significant week in Kiwi cricketing history, Daniel Norcross recalls his favourite spell, Jon Hotten writes brilliantly about Michael Holding's seismic new book, and Andy Zaltzman reveals more facts about the number 46 than strictly necessary.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Wisden Cricket Monthly August 2021.