The Cricketer Magazine | April 2026
The April issue of The Cricketer is our county season preview – we have two pages on each of the 18 first-class clubs.
• Surrey go from the hunted to hunters, by Oscar Ress
• Notts dream of retaining trophy in front of new pavilion, by James Coyne
• Paul Edwards on why Lancashire are Division Two favourites
• Sir James Anderson on his hopes for the County Championship
• Vic Marks on the craftsmanship of Neville Cardus
• Mason Crane writes on the plight of English spinners
• Nick Howson says England’s T20 World Cup doesn’t compensate for the Ashes
• George Dobell says we are setting the bar too low for criticism of this England team
• Huw Turbervill hopes England return to playing Test cricket like Australia and South Africa do
• Nasser Hussain is asked if India men are unstoppable at T20
• Jarrod Kimber tells the story of Zimbabwe’s strange World Cup
• Tanya Aldred pays tribute to Clare Connor after 18 years at the ECB
• Mike Selvey on the genius of Godfrey Evans and Sarah Taylor
• Wales rugby star Rob Howley on why he loves cricket
• Whatever happened to Nick Pocock of Hampshire
• Irfan Farooq on his favourite cricketer, Waqar Younis
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Cricketer Magazine April 2026.