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250 years of the LBW law

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 06:50:55 GMT

Between the devil and the DRS

The unimprovable game

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:34:01 GMT

This World Cup classic was bursting with drama. Then it went and added a heap more

Modern, authoritative, and 155 years old

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As ever, the Wisden Almanack flies the flag for quality cricket writing

The Adelaide horror

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England were coasting one minute, in tatters the next: a look back at how Adelaide 2006 reduced Flintoff and Co to gibbering wrecks

Freaks of nurture

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rob Smyth says a cricketer's game is a window on his childhood and that every player has a story about the influence of their upbringing on their cricket

Imran's team or Misbah's: which was greater?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Each had to overcome very different hurdles from the other to become a top Test side

Five of six

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Massive, huge, monstrous - and did we mention really massive? Here's a handful of the biggest hits you've ever seen

The English Aussie

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Stuart Broad is one of England's finest. Yet he is baited abroad and only grudgingly admired back home

In praise of Mighty Joe

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Root has reached a pinnacle achieved by few Englishmen in modern times, and he has done it with a charming and infectious joy that belies his innate toughness

Little epics

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Not every great innings needs to be a big innings - as these five great sub-50 scores prove

Must Buttler keep in all formats?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England could further exploit his worth as a batsman by relieving him of wicketkeeping duties in Tests

Eight new balls, Boycs' go-extra-slow, Gower's stand-in bat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plus debutant brothers, a man who paid for the honour of captaining England, champagne to celebrate a first wicket, and more fun Ashes facts

'It's 1-1, you Aussie bastard'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ten years ago, one of cricket's all-time great matches played itself out in Birmingham

Kumar Sangakkara

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Wisden's leading cricketer in the world for 2015

A deranged fearlessness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It's easy to think of him as a boorish oaf who makes easy runs. Not that David Warner gives a toss

Time to pension off the seniors?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

If England are going to win nothing, history suggests it might be worth their while to win nothing with kids

The joy of selection roulette

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The build-up to the Sri Lanka series has recalled the bad old days of inconsistent England selection - and provided some fantasy for fans once again

Eoin Morgan's time is here

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England are in a position where failure is nothing to be afraid of and they must realise his potential impact as an aggressor in the middle order

The cult of Flower?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

England's coach is so influential, you have to wonder if he has brought the role of football's all-powerful manager to cricket

Broad's mighty challenge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Few England players in the modern era have been booed to the extent Broad will be. Will he rise to the occasion?