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EDITOR’S LETTER

The month in cricket No.1

Trent Bridge showstopper leaves the crowd wanting more • The Ashes clash in Nottingham more than justified the five days it was afforded, but the imperfect multi-format points system has done the series a disservice, argues Andrew Miller

Team of the Month • Jo Harman picks a side of the best performers from the last month including a quartet of Aussies who’ve had the wood over England

Stokes epic provides blueprint for success • Ben Stokes’ stunning effort in a losing cause at Lord’s showed that England shouldn’t view adaptability as compromising their values, writes Mark Ramprakash

The Ollie Robinson Diaries • The England seamer is writing for Wisden across the Ashes series. He gives a glimpse into the dressing room at Edgbaston and Lord’s, and reveals what it felt like to be Australia’s public enemy No.1

Discrimination laid bare • Lawrence Booth asks whether cricket is ready to wake up and listen following the release of the damning ICEC report which found that structural and institutional racism, sexism and elitism continues to exist within the game and described its culture as “rotten”

NEWS CYCLE • 2005 hasn’t got anything on this, writes Ben Gardner

PAT CUMMINS • The Australian captain sat down with Mel Farrell on the eve of the Ashes to talk about life, loss and leading from the front

RE:VIEW • Three writers debate the merits and ethics of Alex Carey’s ‘stumping’ of Jonny Bairstow on that chaotic final afternoon at Lord’s

The Game’s GONE • James Wallace (and his questionable alter-ego) bemoan a game gone bland

Mailbox • In association with Chapel Down, the letter of the month receives a bottle of award winning 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

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

Derbyshire’s red-ball woes continue

De Leede shows the way

Lawrence flies the nest

Swepson sweeps in

Prices soar

Red-hot Dawson slips beneath England’s radar

Spitfires swoop for Parkinson

Lancs find their mojo

Nixon placed on gardening leave

Middlesex hit rock bottom

Northants cash out on a Shaw bet

Martindale signs on

Sodhi adds extra fizz to the mix

501-5

Gritty Sussex dreaming big

Mousley makes his mark

Giles takes the reins

Yorkshire find their flow but penalties await

Regional Round-Up • Jo Harman picks out the big stories from the last month of women’s regional cricket, including another trophy for the formidable Southern Vipers

Shrubsole sets retirement date

Filer whipping up a Storm

‘It ’s not about driving our own agenda’ • As the free market obliterates the old orders, what remains of the International Cricket Council’s power? What is its function today, beyond attempting to manage the competing priorities of a lopsided members’ club? Phil Walker speaks to Wasim Khan, the man who took on cricket’s impossible job, before a selection of writers tackle the issues closest to their own hearts

THE BALL THAT CHANGED CRICKET • Ben Gardner delves deep into the past, present and future of the wobble-seam delivery, an innovation which has had a radical impact on the way cricket is played

ASHES TO ASHES

REBORN IN THE USA • Can cricket finally crack...