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EDITOR’S LIST

The month in cricket No.1

The phoney war with added feeling • The build-up to the Ashes has involved the usual hype and banter between the two sides, but this time there is more at stake than who wins or loses, writes Andrew Miller

Team of the Month • Jo Harman picks a side of the best performers from the last month including stars of the IPL and the cream of the county game

How to survive the heat of Ashes battle • Mark Ramprakash reflects on the singular nature of contests between England and Australia and the psychological pressures they can bring

Foakes the odd one out as England stick to their guns • The axing of Ben Foakes may have appeared the orthodox move, but it represents a significant gamble ahead of England’s biggest test yet in the Bazball era, writes Ben Gardner

Quick Singles

The Big Three becomes The Big One • The ICC’s proposed revenue-distribution model leaves the game in peril, with India’s increased slice of the pie having serious ramifications for the less wealthy nations and cricket at large, writes Lawrence Booth

NEWS CYCLE

THE FOUR KNIGHTS • Vivian Richards, Curtly Ambrose, Richie Richardson and Andy Roberts, four knights of Antigua, talk to Mel Farrell about their concerns for the world game and the new academy they’ve set up aimed at developing talent in the region

RE:VIEW

The Game’s GONE • James Wallace harks back to a time when cricketers knew what bloody hard graft looked like

Mailbox • In association with Chapel Down, the letter of the month receives a bottle of awardwinning English sparkling wine – Chapel Down Brut. Based in Kent, Chapel Down is England’s leading wine producer and the official sparkling wine of the ECB.

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

Came shows the way

Raine relishing brave new world

Das boost

Aussies sparkle to keep Glam in promotion mix

Walkers and Talkers

Hants keep Surrey in their sights

Bhuiyan’s emergence a feather in the cap for SACA

Parkinson in need of pep

Patel breaks through

Roland-Jones calls for batters to find their identity

Cobb “shocked and disappointed” at sacking

Hutton’s return pays off

Gregory retakes the reins

Abbott hits different

Red-hot Coles takes inspiration from Smith

Larsen: ‘There are some fine players on the county coalface’

Josh’s talent sets tongues wagging

Yorkshire’s winless run continues

Regional Round-Up • Jo Harman picks out the big stories from the opening month of the women’s regional season including an unexpected early pacesetter

THE ASH ES 2023

‘Just another game.’ ‘Seriously?’ ‘It’s just a human, bowling a little round leather thing to another human.’ ‘Right.’ ‘And I’ve got to hit it with a bit of wood.’ • Harry Brook is the hottest name in the game. This is how he deals with it.

ASHES 2023 THE BIG QUESTIONS • In a series overflowing with intrigue, Phil Walker sifts through some of the questions that will need resolving

WELL, ANY IDEAS?

Pastures Green • What does the Australian Test team represent today? For so long a towering symbol of a thrumming culture, does the baggy green retain the same lustre and meaning as it once did? Or does it merely risk being swept up in the latest disfiguring culture wars?

THE 20 GREAT (AND NOT SO GREAT) ASHES...