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

This bumper 116-page magazine also comes with something special that we know you love: our hugely popular fixtures wallchart!

You can buy a copy of the issue online HERE or SUBSCRIBE HERE! Here's what's in the mag...

1. "Seven games in the opening eight weeks will certainly test the strength of that Surrey squad, starting with a trip to Old Trafford, where they have not won since 2004"

Our famous county preview issue, it has two pages for each of the 18 first-class counties, looking at red and white-ball prospects, and off the field analysis from our team of writers, including Paul Edwards.

2. "They appointed a hugely charismatic pair of leaders – Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes – and hoped their inspirational qualities would compensate for all those other issues. To be fair, it seemed to work for a while, but now it has reverted to the mean"

George Dobell says the neglect of the county game is English cricket's get rich quick scheme.

^{We speak to a host of ex-county stars on trying to win the title three years in a row}

3. "We have sympathy for McCullum when he bemoans the English system. That half the Championship programme is over before June is woeful preparation for batting against spin, and bowling it"

Editor Huw Turbervill says the domestic schedule is to blame.

4. "Heather Knight's side may have settled on a practical middle ground, but a scheduling clash caused by the Women's Premier League feels like a dangerously familiar story"

Nick Friend explains how England Women have been forced to compromise in New Zealand.

^{2-page preview for each of the 18 first-class counties}

5. "You win the World Cup. Then it ends. The people who were in charge didn't manage it well. It’s been like that for a long time. It's a shame, but it’s a business at the end of the day."

Liam Plunkett reveals his disappointment at the way he was jettisoned by England after the 2019 World Cup triumph in an exclusive interview.

6. "Why does cricket need shooting flames when it is supposed to be reducing carbon?"

Tanya Aldred says part of The Hundred experience is unnecessary.

^{We discover cricket's best pubs}

Elsewhere... we discover cricket's best pubs; Harry Everett explains why Somerset legend James Hildreth inspired him into his career; we find out whatever happened to Farokh Engineer; Nasser Hussain answers your questions; Gideon Haigh peers through The Window; and we have Test reports of India v England, and New Zealand v South Africa and Australia…

You can buy a copy of the issue online HERE or SUBSCRIBE HERE!