Wisden Cricket Monthly

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Wisden Cricket Monthly was a cricket magazine that ran from June 1979 to September 2003.

WCM was the brainchild of its first editor David Frith. At first it operated under license from John Wisden & co, which later bought a controlling interest.

Frith's tenure saw two major controversies involving WCM. In 1987, Surrey banned an issue from the bookstalls at the Oval, because of the frontpage headline Bloodbath in Birmingham referring to the crowd trouble in the one day match between England and Pakistan. In the July 1995 issue, WCM published an article titled Is it in the blood by Robert Henderson. It questioned the commitment of foreign born players to English cricket. The cricketers' associations condemned the article while Phillip DeFreitas and Devon Malcolm filed defamation suits.

After 202 editions, David Frith gave way to Tim de Lisle after the March issue in 1996. When de Lisle moved to Wisden's online venture, Stephen Fay took over from him. The last issue in September coincided with Stephen Fay's 65th birthday and his retirement.

In October 2003, WCM merged with The Cricketer to form The Wisden Cricketer. John Stern, who was Fay's deputy, became its first editor.