The Cricketer Magazine | Summer 2026
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!
The theme of the summer issue of The Cricketer is county cricket on the coast. Paul Edwards celebrates the delights of today's coastal first-class outgrounds like Blackpool, Scarborough, Southport … and Sussex's headquarters at Hove… as well as sadly departed venues such as Swansea, Hastings and Weston-super-Mare.
Also in the issue:
• George Dobell says Bazball seemed too good to be true – and it was
• Nasser Hussain: Having one coach for England men doesn’t work
• Huw Turbervill and SM Hussain preview the England v Pakistan Tests
• Jarrod Kimber looks at the history of women’s Test cricket
• Tanya Aldred reports from Lord’s for the women’s Test
• Notts’ Jack Haynes is interviewed by Nick Friend
• Ravichandran Ashwin faces up to Oscar Ress
• Melinda Farrell speaks to the head of the world players’ association
• Bertus de Jong blasts the format for the 2027 ODI men’s World Cup
• Our Whatever Happened To… is Tim de Leede
• We finish with a look through Gideon Haigh’s Window
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Cricketer Magazine Summer 2026.