Six reasons to pick up the August issue of The Cricketer!

India are looking to conquer the final frontier in the August edition of The Cricketer: Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami are on the cover, eyeing their first five-Test series win in England

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1. "England’s batsmen face an examination – not only of their technique, but also of their judgment and character, by India’s varied and potent attack"

Mike Brearley is worried about England’s batting compared to New Zealand and India.

2. "It’s questionable whether England have feared any keeper/batsman in the middle order as much since Adam Gilchrist in his pomp"

James Coyne speculates how much damage Rishabh Pant can inflict.

^{Mike Brearley looks ahead to the India series}

3. "Kohli predictably articulated that it should have been the best of three games, but that’s really like saying if you lose a coin toss, toss again. And now they have five Tests against England to show what they’re really made of"

Simon Hughes reports from the World Test Championship final.

4. "I look at Rory Burns and Dom Sibley bat and I wonder how it got to that. Who is selling the snake oil that got them to that state?"

Mike Selvey says that final showed England how it’s done.

^{James Coyne on Rishabh Pant}

5. "Today’s insulting innovation is tomorrow’s cherished tradition. Nobody can know whether The Hundred will become the Betamax of cricket formats or the digital streaming norm for a generation, who – wait for it – don’t think like we do"

The Hundred has arrived. To a decidedly mixed reception. Paul Hayward was chief sports writer of The Telegraph and has been Sports Writer of the Year five times. He gives the competition a fair hearing.

6. "Do you recall that Welsh Fire slogan which promised to ‘prove the haters wrong’? Well, those of us who have loved and supported county cricket for decades don’t much like being branded ‘haters’. We’re protectors. You could argue a strong case that the organisers of The Hundred are the haters. The Hundred may well be a Trojan horse designed to destroy the county game by stealth"

George Dobell takes exception to being called a hater because he is worried at what The Hundred will do to county cricket.

^{Simon Hughes on the World Test Championship final}

Elsewhere... Barney Ronay believes England men’s white‑ball generation is ageing gracefully, Tanya Aldred pays tribute to Heather Knight, former Luton Town and England striker Mick Harford explains why he loves cricket, Paul Edwards writes from Cheltenham, Jeremy Snape is interviewed about his fascinating career on and off the field, and Santokie Nagulendran reports on the West Indies v South Africa Test series.

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