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The Top Six The month in cricket No.1

Andrew MILLER • RIP Bazball

Lawrence BOOTH • Starc takes centre stage to terrorise England

Katya WITNEY • England seek new identity after familiar World Cup exit

NEWS CYCLE • For the first time, Ben Gardner's News Cycle covers cycling

The DIARY • Endless weeks of hotels, hope and hard-fought cricket

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman-McGowan selects a team of the standout performers from the last month including two stars from South Africa's whitewash of India and a veteran who tonned-up in his 100th Test

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

RE:VIEW • As 2025 draws to a close, three writers reflects on their high and low points from a tumultuous year

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

Simon Harmer • With 17 wickets across two triumphant Tests against India, Simon Harmer finally has his moment in the sun. It's been a long time coming, he tells Phil Walker

HARMER IN NUMBERS

THE BIG THREE • Harmer's best deliveries in India

THE SLEEPING DRAGON AWAKES • Two decades after crashing out of Division One, Glamorgan have finally returned to county cricket's top table. Jeff Thomas investigates the club's revival and the distinct culture that has underpinned it

AROUND THE COUNTIES

“AUSTRALIA IS NOT A PLACE FOR WEAK MEN AND NEITHER IS MY DRESSING ROOM” • After harrowing defeats in the first two Ashes Tests, something in Ben Stokes snapped. What he said next may have far-reaching consequences, writes Phil Walker

PERTH & BRISBANE: THE MOMENTS

SURVIVING THE ASHES

ROOT'S TOP 40 • It is 13 years since Joe Root made his Test debut, that cherubic 21-year-old beamed down from the heavens to secure England an unprecedented series win in India. Seasoned Root watcher Ben Gardner revisits each of his Test hundreds, ranking them in order from good to great to absolute classic

HEAD SPIN • Matt Roller reports from the breakneck Ashes opener at Perth, a Test match three years in the making which was over in the blink of an eye

A TRICK OF THE MIND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BAZBALL • McCullum and Stokes have built an England side with a unique and thrilling approach to Test cricket, but the harrowing defeats at Perth and Brisbane once again brought their strategy into question. Scott Anthony considers the psychology behind ‘Bazball’ and whether it can deliver sustained success

Talking a good game • From the hottest of takes to misguided media stunts, John Stern traces the inglorious history of the Ashes war of words

No.2 MICHAEL SLATER'S 123 • In part two of our magazine-podcast series where Phil Walker revisits defining Ashes innings of the last half-century, we land up at Sydney at the end of the Nineties and a stolen afternoon of English hope, extinguished by one man's brilliance and umpiring folly

SLATER IN NUMBERS

ROBIN SMITH SEPTEMBER 13, 1963 DECEMBER 1, 2025 • Jon Hotten pays tribute to the great England and Hampshire batter who died last month at his home in Perth

‘A magnificent player and the best teammate you could ask for’ • Angus Fraser remembers his former England teammate Robin Smith, a natural-born entertainer whose energy and enthusiasm masked complex insecurities

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