Welcome
From Matt Thacker

Editor's Letter
From Phil Walker

Contents
In this issue...

HOW CRICKET PREPARES YOU FOR LOCKDOWN
Having watched every ball of Australia’s 652-7dec (Joburg 2002), there’s no hardship that Daniel Gallan can’t weather

BEST & WORST: PINCH HITTERS
It’s better to burn out, than to fade away…

THE GARY BALLANCE ENIGMA
Prolific at county level, maker of four good Test tons – so why does the England set-up ignore him? James Buttler talks to Gary Ballance

THE COVER DRIVE IS DECADENT AND DEPRAVED
Jon Hotten looks at the shot that stops the world in its tracks and wonders about its future in today’s game

THE COVER DRIVE IS DECADENT AND DEPRAVED
Jon Hotten looks at the shot that stops the world in its tracks and wonders about its future in today’s game

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO... MEGAN SCHUTT
Australia’s all-conquering seamer on another world title and packing out the MCG

A CRICKET LIFE: IAN GOULD
Wicketkeeper, Ashes tourist, ICC umpire, raconteur – ‘Gunner’ Gould has forgotten more about cricket than we’ll ever know

LOCK-DON!
It’s the Don Bradman-Tony Lock sitcom you never knew you needed

STEPPING BACK INTO THE LIGHT
During the Great War, cricket was one of the few sources of hope for the people of Yorkshire, writes Jeremy Lonsdale

THE PARLOUS STATE OF AMATEUR CRICKET
Richard Edwards talks to those on the frontline who are tasked with saving the club game

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO... MEGAN SCHUTT
Australia’s all-conquering seamer on another world title and packing out the MCG

LEARN TO RIP IT
Adil Rashid and Rashid Khan reveal their leg-spin secrets

THE PINCH HITTER QUIZ
Legendary statistician Steven Lynch tests your knowledge in the first of his themed quizzes

BEST & WORST: PINCH HITTERS
It’s better to burn out, than to fade away…