Welcome
From Matt Thacker

Editor's Letter
From Phil Walker

Contents
In this issue...

Best & Worst: Crowd interventions
From moppers to rioters

Keaton Jennings interview
The trials and triumphs of being a Test match opener

The meaningful silence of Graeme Hick
How the ‘official enigma’ stole the show by saying nothing

Planet Cricket
Emily Marshall rounds up the best of the last fortnight’s social media

A Cricket Life: Peter Willey
The England batsman turned international umpire on a life spent in the game

Zimbabwe: then and now
How a proud cricket nation came back from the brink

CALLING THE SHOTS PODCAST
Broadcasters Adam Collins and Dan Norcross present the first part of their definitive series on cricket commentary

LOCK-DON!
In the explosive season finale, the boys plan a surprise party for Gordon Greenidge’s birthday

King Pairs
The short history of a most unusual indignity

The things we miss
Tanya Aldred laments the slamming shut of the press box doors

SAVE THE OVAL
How close did the grand old ground come to ruin?

The fundamentals of batting
And how you can practise in your back garden

THE PINCH HITTER QUIZ
Steven Lynch inspects what’s left of our grey matter