Wisden Cricket Monthly

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The midnight hour

The Top Six

The Top Six No.2 • With fewer matches than ever going the distance, and teams unable or unwilling to play the long game in pursuit of a draw, Andrew Miller says the argument for four-day Tests is growing ever stronger

The Top Six No. 3 • Following Bangladesh's second consecutive series win over Pakistan, Lawrence Booth asks if Test cricket's elite are prepared to embrace a much-needed feel good story

The Top Six No.4 • From his perch in the commentary box, Daniel Norcross considers the value of the fabled 'eye test' and how its focus shifts depending on the observer

NEWS CYCLE

The Top Six No.5 • Rousing red-ball wins, T20 transition and a teenage debutant who made history

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman-McGowan picks out the best performers from the last month including an all-Indian top three and a lesser-known twin

RE:VIEW • Three writers consider whether the IPL has lost its sparkle

Mailbox • Letter of the month receives their choice of book from the Fairfield collection, available to browse at fairfieldbooks.co.uk/shop* *Only available to UK residents

MO BOBAT • Despite never playing a first-class game, the ECB's former head of performance is in demand across the globe. After helping Royal Challengers Bengaluru to back-to-back IPL titles, he is stepping back into the divided world of English cricket, primed to steer London Spirit in the revamped Hundred

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering all 18 first-class counties in every issue

The Women's Scene • Raf Nicholson picks out the biggest stories from the last month of women's county cricket

THE BOY WHO BROKE CRICKET • In a little over a year, one teenager's genius has come to obsess the game of cricket. Suddenly, all that went before him looks sluggish and inadequate. Anjali Doshi speaks to the people who have helped build the phenomenon of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the Bihar boy who's coming for your game

NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi isn't breaking cricket, writes Ben Gardner. But T20's new Don could be the product of a broken game

TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG? • Jo Harman-McGowan picks out five prodigies from beyond the world of cricket who were touted for greatness before they'd reached adulthood

WHO'D BE AN OPENER? • Of all English openers to make their Test debut since the start of the last decade, only Ben Duckett averages north of 40. Now it's Emilio Gay's turn to try and crack it. Phil Walker assesses his chances and considers why the position is such a poisoned chalice

LORD'S TAKES THE NEXT STEP • Next month, England will take on India in the first ever women's Test match played at Lord's. Raf Nicholson examines the women's game's long battle for recognition at cricket's most iconic venue

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU TEST CRICKET'S 'AVERAGE' XI • Jeff Thomas examines the game's obsession with the mean and explores the stories revealed and concealed by those at the statistical centre of Test cricket  

Beyond the mean

12 INNINGS THAT EXPLAIN THE ASHES • In part seven of our series of classic Ashes innings from the last half-century, Phil Walker returns to the scene of a redemptive epic  

INSIDE THE MIND • THE FORMER IRELAND CAPTAIN, ENGLAND OPENER AND IRELAND WOMEN'S HEAD COACH SPEAKS TO JO HARMAN-MCGOWAN ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN WORLD CUPS FOR TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, HIS RUN-LADEN COUNTY CAREER, AND BOWING OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS LONG-AWAITED TEST DEBUT

Blurring the boundaries • Huzaifa Yousafzai explores...