The Cricketer Magazine June 2025 Zurück Ausgabe

The June issue of The Cricketer relives Ashes 2005 fever, 20 years on!
• Simon Hughes recalls the 2005 Ashes on and off the pitch
• Andrew Strauss recalls the 2005 series, and looks ahead to this winter’s Ashes
• Geraint Jones tells David Sharman that it was a series of personal highs and lows
• Richard Hobson asks which was the greatest series – 1981 or 2005?
• Claire Taylor tells James Coyne about the Women’s Ashes triumph in 2005

Also in the issue…
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi has the perfect mentor in Rahul Dravid, says Mike Brearley
• Nasser Hussain pays tribute to Virat Kohli
• Tanya Aldred says Mr Indian Cricket was a phenomenon
• Huw Turbervill looks at the upcoming World Test Championship final
• In our International MOT, we ask if the major Test nations are in the money
• Ben Duckett is interviewed by Ivo Tennant, who also talks to his family, friends and teachers
• Nick Friend says Sciver‑Brunt was the only logical choice as England captain
• Jarrod Kimber picks an all-time Blast XI
• George Dobell tells the story of how Don Topley bought back his medals of his father
• Glamorgan are in our ‘county spotlight’ this month
• Mike Selvey takes in the Championship match between Middlesex and Lancashire
• In ‘Big Match’, Paul Edwards watches Gloucestershire go to Lancashire
• Melinda Farrell spares a thought for Scotland Women
• Leshia Hawkins, the ECB’s managing director of the recreational game, answers our questions