Wisden Cricket Monthly

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THE Top Six

Weight of history hangs heavy as cricket faces its day of reckoning • The long-awaited ICEC report on equity in English cricket is set to expose the fault lines which run through the game’s history, writes Andrew Miller

Welcome to the age of the extrovert • With style of play increasingly dictating selection in England’s Test side, Mark Ramprakash says that Stokes and McCullum are challenging our understanding of how a cricket team should be picked

Team of the Month • Jo Harman selects a team of standout performers from the last month, including an IPL veteran and headliners from the shires

Old boys’ reunion on the cards for showdown • Australia have chosen not to roll the dice with their red-ball squads for the summer, while India have gone back to one of the old masters

NEWS CYCLE • Don’t believe everything you read, even if it comes with a blue tick, writes Ben Gardner

Stokes doubles down on commitment to The Project • Having built his captaincy around an ethos of unbridled positivity, Ben Stokes has no choice but to stick to the script, writes Lawrence Booth

Quick Singles

CHARLOTTE EDWARDS • The serial winner and record-busting batter talks to Mel Farrell in the aftermath of her latest personal triumph: coaching Mumbai Indians to the inaugural Women’s Premier League title

RE:VIEW • Three Wisden writers pick their England XI for the first Test of the men’s Ashes at Edgbaston, beginning on June 16

The Game’s GONE • James Wallace laments a game that has become branded to within an inch of its life

Mailbox • The letter of the month in our next issue will receive a bottle of`Wisden limited-edition rye whisky, available to buy at Wisden.com*

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering each of the 18 firstclass counties every month, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

Rew a ray of light in stuttering start

The Duke of Kennington

Fired-up Hasan reignites the Bears

Carson goes on the attack

Pears fast out of the blocks

False start leaves Yorkshire under pressure

THE COMPETITIONS • Your guide to the summer of women’s regional cricket including interviews with key players from each of the eight sides

‘This is a fresh beginning’

‘I was devastated not to go to the World Cup’

‘The regional structure catches you when you fall from England where nothing caught you before’

‘Regional cricket gave me a platform’

‘If my England chance comes, I’m going to take it’

‘I’m fortunate to be beginning my career now’

‘England is still the dream’

‘It doesn’t feel like a closed shop anymore’

Stillness in the storm • Jos Buttler has done as much as any cricketer this century to change the way the game is played And he’s not done yet

Dressing-room culture

LINES OF AGES • Phil Walker charts the story of cricket commentary through a selection of some of the classic calls in the game’s broadcasting history

The Disquieted Ones • County cricket’s total membership is around 65,000, but while the numbers aren’t huge, their voice is demanding to be heard, writes Ben Bloom

The Members’ View

‘We lost our dreams in Afghanistan’ • In late 2020 the first professional contracts were awarded to Afghanistan’s best female cricketers. Less than a year later they were fearing for their lives. Katya Witney speaks to two players...