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This month’s miracle

EDITOR’S LETTER

EDITOR’S LIST

AUSSIES GET BUSY A ruthless Australian win against

The month in cricket No.1

Pakistan v England First Test Rawalpindi, December 1-5

Qatar World Cup furore raises awkward questions for cricket

While FIFA have been widely criticised for staging the football World Cup in Qatar, cricket’s longstanding relationship with the Gulf region has largely slipped under the radar, writes Andrew Miller

Team of the Month

Jo Harman selects an XI based on performances across the game in the month of November including a brace of World Cup winners and two record-breaking Indians

The culture war at the heart of Australian cricket

Australia’s men sit top of the Test rankings but poor attendances and negative press coverage have created a disconnect between the players and supporters. Returning columnist Adam Collins explores what’s gone wrong

Lewis steps into the unknown

Jon Lewis, the new England women’s coach, steps into the role with a clear brief: bring on the kids and beat Australia. It’s a hefty job, writes Katya Witney

Quick Singles

The month’s news in brief

No smoke without fire as ECB enter the Dragons’ Den

Securing private investment was always fundamental to The Hundred’s raison d’être, argues Lawrence Booth, and it appears the “feeding frenzy” is now underway

NEWS CYCLE

Australia’s cricketing neighbours are not good friends, writes Ben Gardner

MATTHEW MOTT

HISTORY MAKER, TITLE COLLECTOR, OCCASIONAL WELSHMAN, MITT MERCHANT

RE:VIEW

Three Wisden writers consider whether the stunning win at Rawalpindi in December ranks as England’s greatest overseas Test victory of the 21st century

CRICKIPEDIA

The alternative compendium of cricket

Unrest grows at Hove after chastening campaign

The long-term project at Sussex is testing the patience of supporters but the club’s chairman insists better times are just around the corner, writes Bruce Talbot

In other news...

Durham Ryan Campbell has been appointed Durham’s new

Mailbox

In association with Botham Wines, the letter of the month receives a bottle of Botham 80 Series Cabernet Sauvignon – an extra special wine presented in a hand-embossed wooden case

PHENOMENON: TEN YEARS OF JOE ROOT

This month Joe Root completes his first decade as an England Test cricketer. In a wide-ranging conversation with Phil Walker on the eve of the Pakistan tour, Root talks through the great and the good – and the bad and the ugly – from his unsurpassable career

The Rehan Ahmed EXPERIENCE

A teenage leg-spinner with three first-class appearances on the verge of a Test debut? Taha Hashim on the England Test team’s latest genre-busting experiment

’22 ...reasons why England won the 2022 T20 World Cup

For the first time in history, one team holds both the men’s premier white-ball trophies at the same time. Wisden’s writers look back on a landmark month in the story of English cricket

THE MONUMENTAL QUIZ OF 2022

The WCM team has put together a devilishly tricky quiz of the year. There’s 55 points up for grabs, and a whole host of prizes on offer

CRICKETING POLYMATHS

In the fourth part of our series, Phil Walker celebrates the sportspeople for whom cricket was not quite enough

Coach drivers

With player power through the roof, a data revolution and a win-now culture permeating inside the boundary rope, John Stern speaks to three supremos at the sharp end of the county game about the changing nature of their work

PROCREATION

Next in our series on what it’s like to be the parent of an international cricketer, Jo Harman explores the extraordinary story of Munir Ali and his relentless dedication to the career of his son Moeen

The Wisden Club Cricket Awards

Scott Oliver picks out a handful of the recreational game’s high achievers in 2022

2022 ECB Premier League XI

Scott Oliver selects a team of standout performers from the upper echelons of the club game

Defensive spin

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To trigger or not to trigger

Radford’s five fundamentals: 1. The head is close

Tricks of the Trade

Every month we ask some of the game’s best how they do what they do. This month, the finest English fielder of his generation talks us through excelling at backward point

Gear of the Year

PART 2

Number 68 Geoff Blackburn

Scott Oliver profiles a late-developing Scouse spinner who was more than handy as an adhesive opening bat

Time Warp

The winner of this month’s quiz will receive a signed copy of Scyld Berry’s Beyond the Boundaries.

Book of the Month

Book of the Month

Chaos Theory

A small change can make a big difference. James Wallace re-imagines key moments from the game’s past

The Hour That Changed My Life

GRAHAM NAPIER

STOCKING THRILLERS

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Travels on England Cricket Tours

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THE LEGEND OF SPARKHILL

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