Wisden Cricket Monthly

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The month in cricket

Cricket is Taylor-made for Swift - but KP blew it • Still a little giddy after the release of Taylor Swift’s new album, Andrew Miller considers a parallel universe in which the world’s biggest popstar was pulled in by cricket, rather than the NFL

This Bird you cannot change • Following the passing of Dickie Bird, who died on September 22 at the age of 92, John Stern considers the legendary umpire’s unique appeal

NEWS CYCLE • Ben Gardner searches for WMDs (Warner’s Mightiest Dunks) and comes up empty ISSUE 92

India's handshake snub spells danger for wider game • With cricket being used as a proxy for political point-scoring, Lawrence Booth fears the open hostility between India and Pakistan could have serious consequences for the global game

The DIARY • Finals Day heartbreak, last-gasp reprieves, visiting food banks, Phil Salt easy rider, and the wizardry of Harry Brook

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman-McGowan picks a spin-dominated team of star performers from the last month

POD LIFE • The best of the last month’s action on Wisden’s podcast channels

THE ALIVE WITH ATMOSPHERE BIT

RE:VIEW • The Women’s World Cup has been beset with problems, not least from scheduling a number of games – as a consequence of geopolitical tensions between two nuclear powers – during monsoon season in Sri Lanka. Three Wisden writers assess what should have been done better, and what must happen next time

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

Peter Moores • In masterminding Nottinghamshire's title-winning Championship season, Peter Moores now stands above all other English coaches. He opens up about his coaching philosophy, what drives him on, and how he learnt to let go of the pain of his time with England

The Midlands Midas Touch • Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire defied pre-season forecasts to emerge triumphant from an enthralling County Championship campaign. Sam Dalling reports on two clubs who have achieved success in very different ways

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OF 2025 Wisden's writers pick their red-ball team of the summer • THE PANEL: LAWRENCE BOOTH, BEN GARDNER, JO HARMAN-MCGOWAN, ADAM HOPKINS, YAS RANA, DAN SENIOR, PHIL WALKER, KATYA WITNEY

Lancashire set the benchmark • Lancashire were the major success story from a watershed season for the women’s domestic game. Katya Witney reflects on a transformative summer that ushered in a brighter future

THE UNCAPPED XI • A team of star performers from the One-Day Cup who are yet to make their senior debut for England

ASHES 2025/26 THE SOUND AND THE FURY • As they embark upon, in Brendon McCullum’s words, “the biggest series of all of our lives”, England’s squad must counter the weight of recent history, and no subsection more so than their group of fast bowlers. Ben Gardner introduces our definitive 27-page guide to the game’s toughest series by considering the arsenal of quicks tasked with getting it done

MARK WOOD 'THERE'S A QUIET CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING SPECIAL' • The world’s fastest bowler gives Phil Walker the news that every England supporter craves

THE POWER OF THREE • Jo Harman-McGowan examines the relentless brilliance of Australia’s big three and considers the hosts’ fast-bowling stocks following the news that Pat Cummins is set to miss at least part of the series

THE PERFECT FOIL • In Nathan Lyon, Australia...