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EDITOR’S LIST

The month in cricket No.1

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 • In the aftermath of England’s T20 World Cup win, Mel Farrell sits down with the unassuming Aussie who’s quietly stamped his authority on an extraordinary bunch of cricketers

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...

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...