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Wisden Cricket Monthly

THE Top Six The month in cricket No.1

International game reaps rewards from India's long-awaited triumph • After a T20 World Cup final of “scarcely conceivable drama” in Barbados, Andrew Miller argues we should all be thankful that India finally got over the line

Team of the Month • Jo Harman picks a team of the month's standout performers, including a trio from the Indian side which ended their 13-year wait for a World Cup trophy

Defused and confused • Once the crown jewel of the domestic white-ball calendar, it seems the Blast is being set up to fail after years of neglect, writes Mark Ramprakash

County umpires face ‘trial by social media’ • The livestreaming of county cricket has brought many benefits, but it has put unreasonable scrutiny and expectation on domestic umpires, writes Yas Rana

England's limp title defence squanders Morgan's legacy • After underperforming at a World Cup for the second time in the space of eight months, Matthew Mott and Jos Buttler appear to be in denial about how far England have fallen, writes Lawrence Booth

NEWS CYCLE • It never rains, but it pours, writes Ben Gardner ISSUE 79

EOIN MORGAN • LEADER, BROADCASTER, STRATEGIST, MODERNISER

‘Grow the game with private investment’

RE:VIEW • With England's T20 World Cup defence falling flat, three Wisden writers pick out an emerging talent they'd like to see given an international 20-over debut in the near future

Greener Futures • 1. LORD'S In the first of a new series examining how cricket is tackling the climate crisis, Jo Harman speaks to Stuart Dunlop, MCC's sustainability and accessibility manager, about the steps being taken at Lord's

Mailbox • In association with Chapel Down, the letter of the month receives a bottle of awardwinning English sparkling wine – Chapel Down Brut. Based in Kent, Chapel Down is England's leading wine producer and the official sparkling wine of the ECB An alternative prize will be provided if the winner is aged under 18, or if requested *Only avaliable to UK residents

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering all 18 first-class counties in every issue, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

Derbyshire

Durham

Essex

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Regional Round-Up • Raf Nicholson picks out the top stories from the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with Scotland-inspired Blaze picking up their first trophy following their defeat in the final last year

WEST INDIES AND ENGLAND THE LATEST CHAPTER OF A TITANIC RIVALRY

West Indies Test tour of England, 2024 • THE SQUAD Part I

THE SQUAD Part II

LARA • Brian Lara has a new book out, written in conjunction with WCM's editor-in-chief Phil Walker. Here we introduce an extract from LARA: the England Chronicles

THE EXTRACT LARA: THE ENGLAND CHRONICLES • The following is an extract from Lara's new book. The setting is Antigua, April 1994, and a young Test cricketer on the cusp of sporting history

Back to Blackwash • In conversation with Graeme Fowler, who opened up against the fearsome West Indian pace attack in all five Tests of the infamous 1984 tour, Daniel Norcross...