The Pinch Hitter
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Welcome
From Matt Thacker
Editor's Letter
From Phil Walker
Contents
In this issue...
Best & Worst: Sporting gestures
From conviviality to skulduggery
The innings I wish I’d seen
Michael Atherton’s day of behaving strangely
The world according to…
Rob Key
An audience with Ollie Pope
An exclusive interview with English cricket’s great red hope
The flowering of Scotland
Their first ever ODI, recalled
Greig & Dolly
The most consequential cricketers of the last century
Calling the Shots Podcast
Broadcasters Adam Collins and Dan Norcross present the fourth part of their definitive series on commentary
What do they know of art?
How contemporary art relates to cricket
The youth vote
Holding on to cricket’s next generation
When the MCG last opened its gates
Anyone for England v The Netherlands… in French?
Jack Leach and black dogs
How England’s spinner helped an old teammate through the bad times
The Pinch Hitter Quiz: Unusual birthplaces
Steven Lynch on cricket’s exotic outliers