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Decisions of a lifetime

Wisden Cricket Monthly

The month in cricket

Who’s left to make the case for the defence? • With Cheteshwar Pujara announcing his retirement from international cricket last month, Andrew Miller considers whether there is still a place for old-school accumulators in the modern Test game

Confessions of a Hundred convert • John Stern admits his affection for The Hundred is growing and warns against sweeping changes to the tournament ahead of next summer

NEWS CYCLE • Ben Gardner formally expresses his disappointment with Lancashire CCC

McCullum feels the squeeze as schedule takes its toll • Brendon McCullum highlighted the full-to-bursting summer schedule following England’s ODI series defeat to South Africa but there are no clear solutions to ease the pressure, writes Lawrence Booth

The DIARY • Drip Day, player of the match in the Hundred final, and an open winter schedule

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman-McGowan picks out the cream of the crop from the last month, including three Hundred title winners and an emerging strokemaker from Jersey

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

RE:VIEW • As the powerbrokers of county cricket sit down to finalise plans for next season’s domestic structure, we ask two Wisden writers and one county chief executive for their views on the best way forward

Mailbox • Letter of the month receives a Wisden iPhone case

The former Australian Test player turned commentator on the imbalances in the world game, why England and Australia can’t live without each other, and her role in the covert operation that saw 135 women escape from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan • ‘We had connections to these SAS military guys who’d stayed behind in Afghanistan – still don’t know their names, never met them, probably never will – and it was basically like, “Now. Tonight’s the night for this family. You’ve got to go now…”’

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering all 18 first-class counties in every issue, including news, interviews and stats from the men’s and women’s game

Montgomery shines but Falcons frustrated

Campbell makes Durham home

Benkenstein outlines the future

Tribe is high: starlet steps into the spotlight

Bancroft returning to Bristol

Lynn runs riot before reality sets in

Prodigal son returns as Northeast heads south

Stanley like a knife through butter

Foxes end 22 years of hurt

Feldman on the fast track

Lehmann project offers green shoots

Haynes and Stone pen new deals

Dickson signs off in style

Surrey’s T20 woes continue as title race hots up

Henry makes history

Bears left with sore head but Barnard takes poll position

Mohammed shows familiar flair

Scarborough ‘brain-fade’ encapsulates muddled season

THE BEN STOKES EXPERIENCE • Where does Ben Stokes rank in the pantheon of England captains, and what does he capture of the era he bestrides? Phil Walker takes a walk through the Benosphere

TAKING CENTRE STAGE • AS INDIA PREPARES TO HOST ITS FIRST 50-OVER WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FOR A DOZEN YEARS, AADYA SHARMA INTRODUCES OUR TOURNAMENT PREVIEW BY CONSIDERING HOW FAR THE GAME HAS COME IN THAT TIME AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE LATEST EDITION

TAMMY BEAUMONT ‘IT’S THE LAST TIME THE ENGLAND TEAM WILL LOOK LIKE THIS’ • Ahead of her third and likely final 50-over World Cup, the England opener speaks to Jo Harman-McGowan about overcoming her early struggles to become an ODI great

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