BROWSE BY SECTION Issues
  • Analysis
  • Essays
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Profiles
  • Photo Features
  • Talking Cricket
  • Ahead of its Time
  • I Was There
  • The Greatest T20 Finals
  • The Greatest T20 players
The Cricket Monthly
  • Sign inLogout
The Cricket Monthly The Cricket Monthly

The queen of English cricket seeks another crown

For over 30 years Charlotte Edwards has been at the heart of the women's game in the country. Now she stands on the verge of one of her biggest challenges

The queen of English cricket seeks another crown

For over 30 years Charlotte Edwards has been at the heart of the women's game in the country. Now she stands on the verge of one of her biggest challenges

Riyan Parag: 'I want to captain the way I think cricket should be played - smart, aggressive, courageous'

The RR captain talks about his leadership style, becoming a punching bag for his bowlers, and his conversations with Jadeja and Sangakkara

Boy monster: the making of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Behind the scenes of the bonkers rise of a super-young superstar

Always super, all the time: the CSK way

Ambati Rayudu and Matthew Hayden talk the philosophy and culture that built the monolith that is Chennai Super Kings

Which was the greatest 2026 T20 World Cup performance?

A key fast-bowling spell? An attacking underdog? A raw talent unleashed? Our writers make their choices

Talking Cricket

Varun Aaron: 'I wish I was stupider and just did what I had to, without knowing too much about the craft'

Feb 20, 2026: The former India fast bowler talks about overthinking, being coached by Dennis Lillee, breaking Stuart Broad's nose, and coping with injury

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Interviews

AB's baby: Ian Harvey and the dressing-room encounter that was the making of his famous slower ball

Feb 7, 2026: The one-time T20 pioneer and maker of the first hundred in the format looks back

Interview by Alagappan Muthu and Deivarayan Muthu
Feature

Axar Patel's time is now

Jan 28, 2026: India's vice-captain at the T20 World Cup and key allrounder doesn't like to look too far ahead; that way disappointment lies

Nagraj Gollapudi
Photo feature

Outside edges

Jan 22, 2026: When the form is the function

Deepti Unni
Talking Cricket

Wasim Jaffer: 'I was never happy with just a hundred. That was the Mumbai style of batting'

Jan 12, 2026: The former India batter on his life and times: playing school cricket alongside Sachin Tendulkar, his appetite for runs, and the famous India wins he was part of

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Essay

From catharsis to conflict, and other stories

Jan 1, 2026: Extreme pitches aside, the year's red-ball contests were fierce, and home advantage wasn't as marked as before. And India's world title raised hopes for a revolution in the women's game

Sambit Bal
Talking Cricket

'T20 drains you mentally because every ball is an event'

Dec 18, 2025: Aaron Finch and Ambati Rayudu pick apart the intricacies of batting and captaincy in the shortest format.

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Feature

The story of Robin Smith and the Judge

Dec 3, 2025: The former England batter was a beautiful man and a brilliant cricketer who took on the best and most threatening in the world and often won

Mark Nicholas
Photo feature

Hanging in the balance

Nov 29, 2025: How do cricketers find equilibrium?

Ekanth
Talking Cricket

Aakash Chopra: 'As a commentator, you are reacting. You're being honest but your opinion can be wrong'

Nov 24, 2025: The former India batter delves into the challenges of dealing with trolls and with players unhappy at being criticised

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Writers
  • S Rajesh
    The most impactful batting and bowling performances of IPL 2026 Taking into account match context in great detail, here's a look at the top six individual performances based on ESPNcricinfo's Impact Points
  • Valkerie Baynes
    'The pressure's not on us' - Gardner and Australia focus on mindset Gardner made 66 off 38 in a warm-up win against South Africa at Arundle Castle
  • Steven Lynch
    Who has reached three figures earliest in an IPL innings? And which batters had the most powerplay runs this year in the IPL?
  • Mohammad Isam
    Mominul Haque makes things happen his own quiet way From anchoring the batting order to mentoring the next generation, the Bangladesh stalwart is working to strengthen the country's Test future
  • Alan Gardner
    The greatest men's internationals of the century No. 9: Joe Root England's greatest Test batter? It's written in the stats
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Home is where the hard length is - RCB outbowl GT in their backyard RCB were playing in Ahmedabad, the home ground of GT, but their fast bowlers used the conditions to their advantage to bowl them to the title
  • Back to top
  • SignIn
  • HOME
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Interest Based Ads
  • Your California Privacy Rights
  • Children’s Online Privacy Policy
  • About Nielsen Measurement