purchase single issues or sign up for a subscription here<\/a>.<\/p>\n“With so much apparent uncertainty in Asia, it is easy to imagine that cricket is on a precipice in the region, that internecine cricketing battles will destroy the game here. That will not happen, and for some very good reasons, starting with television.”
Suresh Menon on the political ructions which are spilling over into cricket<\/p>\n
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“There are echoes in Buttler\u2019s own journey, which began with him as an outlier and has seen him refine himself into something like the complete T20 batter.”
Ben Gardner on Phil Salt and his explosive opening partnership with Jos Buttler
“Much of the damage could be traced back to September 2024, when Rob Key made a howler of a decision: not only to extend McCullum\u2019s contract, but to expand his brief to helm the white-ball set-up. Key insisted that England\u2019s schedule was \u201ceasing\u201d… but it was a costly error from which both teams suffered.”
Matt Roller conducts the post-mortem on England’s miserable Ashes campaign<\/p>\n
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“I said before the series I felt that you couldn\u2019t play Bazball in these conditions in certain periods, and I think they believed they could and paid the price because of it \u2013 particularly in Perth and Brisbane.”
Simon Katich considers where it went wrong for England<\/p>\n
“McCullum created an environment in which he was surrounded by \u201cyes\u201d men, and Stokes\u2019 greatest gift to England\u2019s chances of regaining the Ashes in 2027, then retaining them in 2029\/30, will be to avoid making the same mistake.”
Lawrence Booth says the next phase of Ben Stokes’ captaincy could be the most fascinating yet<\/p>\n
“‘Greatness\u2019 need not be restricted to the monthly punching out of numbers, the relentless churn that builds up and up until finally a player sits atop their piles of stats and we decree that they\u2019ve got there. Greatness can come in moments. Some batters are great players. And a few are players of great innings.”
Phil Walker on Aiden Markram, who, in our review of Test cricket in 2025, wins our Innings of the Year award for a second time in succession<\/p>\n
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“I\u2019m not gonna lie. I’d love to coach England one day. Definitely. There\u2019s a few things I\u2019d like to achieve with England.”
Jonathan Trott reveals his coaching ambitions<\/p>\n
“Every time you put your head above the parapet and tried to fight the allegations you just suddenly became more racist. It was completely bonkers what was happening. There were reporters camping on my front door.”
Tim Bresnan talks Jo Harman-McGowan through the highs and lows of his career<\/p>\n
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“White-ball success might take another year or two, but if our players continue to develop and put us in positions to win games, I\u2019ve no doubt red-ball promotion will come within the next two years.”
Mickey Arthur says his Derbyshire side are finally ready for the big time<\/p>\n
“Although he used the Magnum, the quintessential biffer\u2019s bat, he was a beautiful timer of the ball, filleting the field between cover point and mid-off with graceful elegance and his surgeon\u2019s hands, using his feet to take down spinners, even of the majesty of Derek Underwood, and sadistically putting miles into the legs of midwicket with a speedway rider\u2019s flick of the wrist.”
Next in ‘Lost Treasures’, Rob Bagchi on Essex hero Ken McEwan<\/p>\n
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