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items: Jofra Archer: The return of the king – for whom the rules do not apply
items: The A-Z of the Cricket World Cup: Cult heroes, magic moments and the "barest of margins"
items: The best (and worst) Ashes cameo appearances in history
items: The Ashes 2023 predictions: Wisden Cricket Monthly, Tailenders and broadcasters make their calls

Jofra Archer: The return of the king – for whom the rules do not apply
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date: 2024-06-06T05:00:09.000Z
creator: Jo Harman at Wisden Cricket Monthly
subject: Cricket
subject: Sport
subject: TV
description: Jofra Archer is back. Be afraid.
encoded: 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. Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine editor Jo Harman hails the return of an extraordinary talent for whom the normal rules don't apply. First published in: Wisden Cricket Monthly Issue #78. SPECIAL OFFER: Save 10% on a 12-month subscription with code: RADIOTIMES10 It’s a little over five years since WCM sat down with Jofra Archer for an exclusive interview at the County Ground in Hove. Three weeks after we met, the Barbados-born fast bowler would become eligible to represent England, fast-tracked after the ECB had conveniently cut their seven-year qualification period to three. It was the worst-kept secret in English cricket that Archer, then 23, would be parachuted into Eoin Morgan’s World Cup squad, but our interview was only agreed to on the condition that he wouldn’t be asked about the forthcoming tournament or the Ashes. He was polite but diffident, only really coming to life when playing with Chris Jordan’s French bulldog on the outfield or talking about the family and life he’d left behind in the Caribbean. Two months out from his England debut, he was already a global star following a breakout IPL season in 2018. In the 2019 edition, he would boast the best economy rate in the tournament while spearheading the Rajasthan Royals attack. "I’d say I’m a bit fortunate with the way that everything’s happened," he said on that bright, sunny day in Hove, his world alive with possibilities. "I guess I’m doing something right, because everything’s been going OK so far." Handed the new ball in the World Cup curtain-raiser against South Africa at The Oval, Archer was electric. In his second over he forced Hashim Amla to retire hurt after smashing him in the grille, in his fourth he found extra bounce on a slowish surface to dismiss Aiden Markram, and in his fifth he bounced out Faf du Plessis. He coolly collected figures of 3-27, seemingly …

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The A-Z of the Cricket World Cup: Cult heroes, magic moments and the "barest of margins"
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date: 2023-10-07T06:00:10.000Z
creator: Jo Harman at Wisden Cricket Monthly
subject: Cricket
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Cricket World Cup
description: Wisden Cricket Monthly have produced an A-Z of the Cricket World Cup, celebrating the weird and wonderful, the disastrous and the magical.
encoded: To celebrate the start of the Cricket World Cup, Wisden Cricket Monthly editor-in-chief Phil Walker and magazine editor Jo Harman have produced an A-Z of all things World Cup-related in partnership with RadioTimes.com, brimming with cult heroes, memorable moments and a few entries that made the cut by the "barest of margins"... A is for… Aravinda Bow-legged and hook-nosed, 5ft-nothing in his best spikes and decked out in random bits of kit from the team bag, Aravinda de Silva exhibited a kind of dishevelled, Chaplin-esque genius through much of the '90s that, what with him being Sri Lankan, meant he was taken for granted – until one night in Lahore when the full sweep of his magics was revealed. It was 1996, and Sri Lanka had found themselves in the World Cup final, only to face, wait for it, Australia. The bad people batted first, got a few, and then kicked sand in the face of Sri Lanka’s top order. It’s 23-2 when our guy waddles out, pads round his ankles, borrowed bat in hand. This is Sri Lanka, remember; with four wins from five full tournaments before this one. Three hours later, Aravinda’s strummed the most beautiful hundred you’ve ever seen, taking them to a victory that remains to this day the most exquisite in World Cup history. B is for… Boycs & Brears White shirts, red balls, bushy sideboards, grumpy patrons: welcome to World Cups in late-'70s England. We’re back at Lord’s again, where the last vestiges of imperialism dictate that finals must be held – and Viv Richards has already swaggered to 138 not out, scooping his final ball into the Tavern to take West Indies to 286 from their 60 overs. In reply, England’s freewheeling openers, Geoffrey Boycott and Mike Brearley, come barrelling down the steps to unfurl their full repertoire of leaves, blocks, nurdles and prods across 130 time-elasticating minutes, inching the score along to 129 before Brears, clattering along at a strike rate of 49, finally gives up the ghost. Boycs follows him soon after, his 57 f…

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The best (and worst) Ashes cameo appearances in history
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date: 2023-07-01T08:00:17.000Z
creator: Jo Harman at Wisden Cricket Monthly
subject: Cricket
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: The Ashes
description: The Wisden Cricket Monthly team round up some of the greatest (and most infamous) cameos in Ashes history.
encoded: Amid Moeen Ali's late nod for the Ashes squad – and his own injury issues leading to the call-up of 18-year-old Rehan Ahmed – the Wisden Cricket Monthly team, featuring Jo Harman, Phil Walker and James Wallace, have rounded up some of the finest Ashes cameos in history. It’s not always about the headliners in Test cricket’s most celebrated jamboree. Here we pick out a selection of the bit parts and support acts who have made their presence felt, in one way or another, in Ashes series'. The Dukes of Edgbaston Reverse swing was fundamental to England’s 2005 win, but it was the ball which did nothing at all that changed the course of the series. Glenn McGrath had no answer to the most innocuous of deliveries on the first morning of the Edgbaston Test, collapsing in a crumpled heap and rupturing ligaments in his right ankle after standing on a stray cricket ball in the warm-up. Having been unplayable at Lord’s, the curse was suddenly broken. McGrath was sidelined for two Tests and averaged 36 for the remainder of the series. JH England’s 12th man Here in England, in the backyard of Bubbles, Eddie the Eagle and Liz Truss, it’s perfectly natural to leaven our own inadequacies by elevating the plucky no-hoper. While it’s much harder to picture those Type A beefcakes in the other room doing the same, here in England the limby sub in the baggy shirt is our guy: we all like to think we’re Gary Pratt, swooping in from obscurity to run out the great Ponting; failing that, we’ll definitely have some of Bilal Shafayat standing mid-pitch in a yellow bib, sifting through chestfuls of batting gloves, soaking up time and volleys of abuse. Most likely, of course, we’re Stephen Peters, lurking with intent with minutes to go, gathering cleanly, aiming and firing, and missing altogether. PW Ashton’s big day out A curveball selection for the series opener in 2013, Ashton Agar had made only a handful of first-class appearances when he was parachuted in for his Test debut at Trent Bridge an…

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The Ashes 2023 predictions: Wisden Cricket Monthly, Tailenders and broadcasters make their calls
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date: 2023-06-16T09:59:14.000Z
creator: Jo Harman at Wisden Cricket Monthly
subject: Cricket
subject: Sport
subject: TV
description: Wisden Cricket Monthly staff and some celebrity guests offer up their predictions ahead of The Ashes 2023.
encoded: Ahead of The Ashes 2023, Wisden Cricket Monthly writers and a host of special guests make their final predictions for the series. Sam Perry The Grade Cricketer podcast host Probably 2 or 3-1 England, pretty much in the usual way. Anderson and Broad, grey skies, green nibble. Some 5.5 an over stuff, but I think the classicists will do more than the revolutionaries. Smith won’t be Bradman, Marnus might be, and for all the Bazball talk, it will be Root and the two warhorses who get it done. Cummins will be admirable. Both sides will enjoy their golf and talk about it a strange amount. There is something final about all of this. The dying embers of something. I am going to do my best to savour it. So actually, Australia will win. 0-3. Tim Key Actor and comedian 2-2 with a big one right in the middle that England point-blank refuse to draw, go all out for the win and are pipped and people are (wrongly) furious. Other than that, everything the same, Root virtuoso, Anderson metronomic, Harry Cherrington Brook thrashing a triple century. Meanwhile, Labuschagne and Smith unremovable and as far as I can remember the idea of Boland is he plays three of the Tests and gets 9-16 in each of them, misses out on the other two. Greg James Radio 1 DJ and host of the Tailenders podcast For mains, I’d like to order a Tailender (preferably Jimmy) at the crease batting out a thrilling draw to save the Oval Test, therefore securing a triumphant 2-1 series win for England please. I’d also like a side of Duckett cementing his place at the top of the order and Australia to suffer a comedy injury a la McGrath ’05 – ideally to Marnus. I’d only like him to miss one Test though. I’m not completely evil. Oh, and the women’s Ashes will also be won by England. Issy Wong to be player of the series. More from The Ashes: Ashes TV coverage | Ashes radio coverage | Ashes schedule | Ashes squads | Ashes predictions | Ashes highlights | Sky Sports Ashes commentators | Test Match Special Ashes commentators …

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