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The Top Six The month in cricket No.1

Andrew MILLER • Arise, Sir Jimmy – but what does a knighthood actually mean?

Mark RAMPRAKASH • Banton's triple sends message to red-ball sceptics

NEWS CYCLE • The first rule of the IPL is you don't talk about the IPL, writes Ben Gardner

Lawrence BOOTH • India's dominance can't go unchecked

The DIARY • Anti-corruption, schedule chat, Jack Russell's easel, selection headaches – and a first win in the top division some 10 years in the making

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman picks a side of the month's outstanding performers including a pair of Sussex players and two Indian batting starlets

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

ON PATREON…

RE:VIEW • Should England stick with Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope in the top three of the Test side?

NO.9 MANAGING EXTREME HEAT • Next in our series examining how cricket is tackling the climate crisis, Jo Harman-McGowan looks at how the game is responding to rising temperatures across the world

Mailbox • Letter of the month receives their choice of book from the Fairfield collection, available to view at thenightwatchman.net/buy/product-category/books

Charlotte Edwards • The return of the boss comes not a moment too soon

EDWARDS IN NUMBERS

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

THE PEOPLE'S CAPTAIN • There was only one serious candidate to take over the white-ball captaincy. What happens next in Harry Brook's story will go a long way to revealing where the game sits in the public imagination

THE PLAYERS’ REVOLT • There is an uprising brewing in the professional game, with an invigorated and freshly emboldened players’ union openly challenging the way cricket is being managed – or mismanaged – by the establishment. Can the ICC hold the line in the face of unprecedented player power?

“Do you want to be the guys who choke when your country needs you, or do you want to be the guys who actually get the job done when it's all on the line?” • On June 11, a resurgent South Africa will take on Australia in the third World Test Championship final. Daniel Gallan charts the Proteas’ journey to Lord's, speaking to the key figures who have put their country on the brink of a first global trophy

THE ROUTE TO LORD'S

WTC 2023-25 IN NUMBERS

The Team That Wouldn't Die • Twenty-two years after their last official tour of England, Zimbabwe are returning for a one-off Test match at Trent Bridge. Jo Harman-McGowan looks back on their previous visit and reflects on a chaotic two decades for a proud cricketing nation which has been to hell and back

ZIMBABWE IN NUMBERS

THE UNDERCARD Life on the edges of county cricket • County cricket is a story of skill, stamina and, above all, survival. Cameron Ponsonby talks to three players who spend their summers seeking and making runs, all the while looking over their shoulders

SAM ROBSON INSIDE THE MIND • 7 TEST MATCHES PLAYED, AVERAGING 30.54 WITH ONE CENTURY AND ONE FIFTY 36 FIRST-CLASS HUNDREDS 38.41 FIRST-CLASS BATTING AVERAGE 3 1,000-RUN SEASONS IN ENGLISH FIRST-CLASS CRICKET (2013, 2014 AND 2021) 53 PROFESSIONAL WHITEBALL MATCHES PLAYED (46 LIST A AND SEVEN T20) 4 FIRST-CLASS HUNDREDS IN 2024, THE MOST HE'S SCORED IN A SINGLE SEASON

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