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Welcome to the Guardian’s 100 best players in the history of the men’s Ashes

This week we will be publishing a run-down of our judges’ greatest Ashes cricketers in the buildup to this year’s series opener on 21 November. Here’s how we did it

The Guardian - UK

Gunnersbury women’s cricket club celebrate hitting historic century

A gathering at Ealing CC’s second-team ground today will mark 100 years since the formation of a trailblazing club

The Guardian - UK

Stick or twist? England’s selectors weigh up options for Zimbabwe Test

If Zak Crawley’s form is a worry the middle-order is not, but Ben Stokes’s ability to function as an all-rounder remains unknown

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Wisden, cricket elitism and football punditry

Letters: No pupil from a non-fee-paying school has ever received the Wisden schools cricketer of the year award, writes Dan Ayliffe. And Edward Binks says football pundits could learn a lot from their cricket counterparts

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Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone named among Wisden Cricketers of the Year

The England trio are named alongside county stars Liam Dawson and Dan Worrall after starring in the 2024 English summer

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Wisden calls World Test Championship a ‘shambles’ and makes case for reform

Wisden has trained its sights on the International Cricket Council and called the World Test Championship a ‘shambles masquerading as a showpiece’

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Behind the scenes at Wisden: 161 years old and still going strong

The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack remains a bestseller and headline-grabber, because it acts as the conscience of cricket

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‘Deserved respect not ridicule’: Wisden speaks out over cricket’s ICEC report

Wisden has given a hefty endorsement of last year’s report by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket

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Cummins heads five Australians honoured by Wisden

Five Australians have been given accolades by the prestigious Wisden Cricketers' Almanack with Pat Cummins named as the leading men's cricketer in the world.

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Inside the Bodyline Ashes series - cricket's darkest hour that ruined the players' lives

The sport's greatest controversy caused such bad feeling it ruined players’ careers, damaged England and Australia's economies and came close to turning into a diplomatic incident

Daily Mirror

Thirty years on, Shane Warne’s ball of the century echoes far beyond cricket

Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of Mike Gatting’s Ashes dismissal, a sporting moment quoted in songs, poems and Hansard

The Guardian - UK

Cricket shouldn’t float on barrels of oil at a time of climate crisis

The Hindu

The forecast looks grim as climate crisis knocks cricket for six

From Oxford professors to Extinction Rebellion activists, those who love cricket are helping to tackle its climatic challenges

The Guardian - UK

Wisden speaks to cricket’s antiquity against backdrop of a changing game

The 2023 edition of the chunky yellow tome tells the story of the Dukes ball, pays tribute to Shane Warne and does much more

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Ben Stokes wins leading Wisden award for third time in four years

The all-rounder shone for England in both the Test and T20 formats in 2022

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Jonny Bairstow is inaugural winner of new Wisden Trophy Test award

Jonny Bairstow has been named the inaugural winner of the Wisden Trophy, a new award for the outstanding individual performance in a Test match

The Independent UK

Wisden pleads for Test cricket to be given ‘kiss of life’

The approach Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have adopted with England is praised.

Daily Mirror

Inside England's 2010 T20 World Cup win as Jos Buttler's side hope to repeat feat

Before England's dramatic 50-over World Cup win in 2019, they won their first international trophy back in 2010 when Paul Collingwood led them to victory at the T20 World Cup

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The Guardian - UK

Let it go: the art of the leave in cricket

Sometimes a batter’s best bet is to do nothing. It is risky but, when it works, it can rile and unsettle bowlers

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Memo to Ben Stokes: take the captaincy – but get out while the going is good

Whether effective or not, too many of England’s leaders have had to depart under a cloud, tarnishing their reputation

The Hindu

Bumrah, Rohit among Wisden's five 'Cricketers of the Year'

The list also features New Zealand batter Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and Proteas women star Dane van Niekerk

The Independent UK

Wisden offers sobering critique of ailing English game

The 159th edition of the famous yellow book represents a searing state of the nation address

Evening Standard

England batter Joe Root named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World after record-breaking 2021

Joe Root has been named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for the first time following his sensational batting exploits in 2021, his final year as England captain.

The Guardian - UK

Wisden calls on ECB to return £2.1m bonus pot after ‘annus horribilis’

The Independent UK

Ex-England Test captain Joe Root named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world

The 31-year-old succeeds Ben Stokes, who took the honour for 2019 and 202

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