English cricket stands its ground in the face of all logic

LINES IN THE TURF

"From Kohli to Babar, how often do we

The month in cricket No.1

PHOTO BY ALEX DAVIDSON Adil Rashid lets fly

Life in the fast lane

Mark Ramprakash lifts the lid on what it’s like to face the world’s fastest bowlers and expresses his fears for their future in the Test arena

County chiefs rally against Strauss’ grand plan

A number of the key recommendations from the ECB’s high-performance review, revealed last month by its architect Andrew Strauss, have been met with a mix of fear and contempt by county bosses. On that basis, Lawrence Booth argues it appears unworkable

Capsey promises brighter future for disjointed England

England’s fractious ODI series defeat to India was symptomatic of a transitional summer which has provided more questions than answers, writes Raf Nicholson

Quick Singles

The month’s news in brief

Disabled cricketers move to centre stage

History was made last month at Bristol, when the players of Tridents and Pirates became the first disabled cricketers to play live on television. Steve Morgan was there to see it

NEWS CYCLE

The pound is crashing faster than an England batting line-up in Australia, writes Ben Gardner

Trevor Bayliss

The former England head coach speaks to John Stern about reuniting with Eoin Morgan at London Spirit, the Test team’s rejuvenation under Stokes and McCullum, and never wanting to overstay his welcome

THE COUNTY FILES

Covering each of the 18 firstclass counties every month, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

CRICKIPEDIA

The alternative compendium of cricket

RE:VIEW

Three writers make their predictions for the men’s T20 World Cup in Australia

Mailbox

In association with Botham Wines, the letter of

THE AUDACITY OF POPE

After a stellar summer which featured a big promotion, a Championship title and a starring role in England’s red-ball revolution, Ollie Pope tells Jo Harman he’s never felt better

SCORE DRAWS

The 20 greatest T20 players on Earth

THE HUNDRED

FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE INTERVIEWS BY JAMES WALLACE & PHIL WALKER

SOLO ACTS

In the second part of our series, Phil Walker looks back at some of the game’s most titanic individual performances

Mark TAYLOR

The legendary former Australia captain on the vagaries of form, a lasting link to The Don and being sledged by Neville Neville

Club Rivalries

Moddershall CC v Longton CC

Vince Lindo

Number 66

Time Warp

The winner of this month’s quiz will receive a signed copy of Bat, Ball & Field: The Elements of Cricket by our own Jon Hotten

Books of the Month

Picking Jofra Archer was one of Ed Smith’s

A day in a million

Tales & treasures from cricket’s glorious past

DYNASTIES

Jo Harman completes our series celebrating the game’s great family lineages by examining the most famous name of them all

The Line-up

England fall at the Gymkhana

9 Number Palace!

Andy Zaltzman’s