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QUIZ OF THE YEAR

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
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Wisden Cricket Monthly
January 2023
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EDITOR’S LETTER
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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
FEATURES
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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
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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
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
LIAM PLUNKETT
The World Cup-winning fast bowler on rapid spells, reinventions and his new life in America
YOUR GAME
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
The WCM coaching team is here to help you improve your cricket. Got a query? A kink in your backlift? A front-foot problem you can’t fix? Email us at the usual address and one of our experts could be tackling your question in a future issue
To trigger or not to trigger
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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
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FINAL SESSION
Time Warp
The winner of this month’s quiz will receive a signed copy of Scyld Berry’s Beyond the Boundaries.
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