The Pinch Hitter – Issue 6 out now

The sixth issue of the Pinch Hitter, an interactive digital magazine, is now available to read via the link below.

The magazine was set up in response to the current pandemic and the knock-on effect this has, and will continue to have, on freelance writers. You can read more about the birth of the Pinch Hitter here.


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THE PINCH HITTER – ISSUE 6

***CLICK HERE TO READ ISSUE 6 OF THE PINCH HITTER***

Inside issue 6…

Best & Worst: Lord’s finals From thrillers to stinkers

Daryl Mitchell interview The PCA chair and prolific Worcester opener on the game today

Calling The Shots podcast Broadcasters Adam Collins and Dan Norcross present the fifth part of their definitive series on commentary: the disruptors

Emerging from isolation Alison Mitchell on how Guernsey got the game on

When Whispering Death came to Rishton The quickest bowler in the world… pulling a Saturday shift

Trials and retribution Richard Spiller on the old, strange and muchmaligned ‘Test trials’

‘My wife is the only person I allow to repair the hat’ Jack Russell, by Tanya Aldred

The Tebbit test, 30 years on Nikesh Rughani on what it meant to him then, and now

When the English got beat Remembering the greatest day in the history of Scottish cricket

The batmaker’s tale The struggles of batmaking companies in the cricket-less age

Average speeds of bowlers are higher now’ Jason Gillespie on veganism, McGrath and his coaching philosophy

The Pinch Hitter Quiz: Ending in style Steven Lynch on those who went out with a flourish

Happy reading!

Matt Thacker
TriNorth Ltd