Welcome
From Matt Thacker
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…