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THE Top Six The month in cricket No.1

Making sense of Monty's political misadventure • Following Monty Panesar's brief but surreal escapade as a candidate for the Workers Party of Great Britain, Andrew Miller considers how England's mercurial twirler got caught up in political spin

Team of the Month • Jo Harman selects a team of the month's outstanding performers including a pair of bowlers who were influential in Kolkata Knight Riders' first IPL title win for 10 years

All aboard the gravy train - but where does it stop? • As the ECB seek private investment for The Hundred to continue the game's “direction of travel”, Mark Ramprakash wrestles with what it means for English cricket at large

“Lethal cocktail' gives bowlers no room for manoeuvre at IPL • After a run-fest of an IPL in which batters rewrote the record books, Matt Roller considers whether that trend will continue at the Men's T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and US

PCA survey highlights irreconcilable differences • Following a survey of England's professional cricketers which declared the domestic schedule “not fit for purpose”, Lawrence Booth examines the tug-of-war at the heart of the county game

NEWS CYCLE • Ben Gardner explains why neither Ricky Ponting nor Narendra Modi will be India's next head coach

DAREN SAMMY ORATOR, TALISMAN, UNIFIER, MOTIVATOR • The West Indies captain turned coach reflects on the T20 World Cup triumphs of 2012 and 2016 and insists that his resurgent team are primed to deliver a third title on home soil

RE:VIEW • With James Anderson set to play his final Test match in July, three Wisden writers consider what England's post-Anderson pace attack will look like for this summer's series against West Indies and Sri Lanka

Mailbox • In association with Chapel Down, the letter of the month receives a bottle of award- winning English sparkling wine - Chapel Down Brut. Based in Kent, Chapel Down is England's leading wine producer and the official sparkling wine of the ECB An alternative prize will be provided if the winner is aged under 18, or if requested “Only available to UK residents

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering all 18 first-class counties in every issue, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

Derbyshire

Durham

Essex

Glamorgan

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Middlesex

Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire

Somerset

Surrey

Seales of approval

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Regional Round-Up • Raf Nicholson picks out the top stories from the opening six rounds of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including a dramatic change of fortunes for Sunrisers and the emergence of a new fast-bowling talent

FIELDS OF DREAMS • TIM WIGMORE INTRODUCES OUR PREVIEW OF THE 2024 MEN'S T20 WORLD CUP, A 20-TEAM TOURNAMENT CO-HOSTED BY WEST INDIES AND THE UNITED STATES WHICH HE ARGUES COULD BE CONSIDERED THE SPORT'S TIM FIRST GENUINELY GLOBAL EVENT

THE TEAMS

GUESS WHO'S BACK • FOLLOWING A HORROR RUN OF INJURIES WHICH LEFT HIS CAREER IN THE BALANCE, JOFRA ARCHER IS SET TO PLAY IN HIS FIRST WORLD CUP SINCE 2019. JO HARMAN HAILS THE RETURN OF AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT FOR WHOM THE NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLY

THE CRANES TAKE FLIGHT • HAVING UPSET ZIMBABWE AND KENYA TO QUALIFY FOR THEIR FIRST...