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

India captain Rohit Sharma clutches the T20 World Cup trophy on the cover of the August issue of The Cricketer magazine

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

1. "Rohit's route to India glory saw teamwork at the heart. Some say South Africa choked, others that they were strangled, while England underwhelmed in their semi-final exit"

George Dobell reviews the T20 World Cup.

2. "It isn't just the batting against spin; they don’t bowl it well either. Adil Rashid is still a very good spinner, but he’s not near the elite group like Kuldeep Yadav and Rashid Khan"

Jarrod Kimber, in the first of his columns crunching cricket's key numbers, says England’s struggle with spin was key, and Adil Rashid is not quite the force many think.

^{The Hundred is back}

3. "Allan Border came back to become one of the greats and a proven winner. Jos Buttler has won World Cups before, but sadly not this time at the T20 World Cup. However you might admire, hate, love or dislike any of them, they are all human…"

David Gower gives his thoughts on the Gary Lineker v Harry Kane difference of opinions at the Euros, and recalls his times as England captain, and how he dealt with the media, including former cricketers...

4. "My fear is not that Somerset will never win it. It is that when we do eventually prevail the title won't be worth winning"

The County Championship briefly returned and went. Ahead of its late-summer resumption, Vic Marks says the counties are still desperate to win the competition, despite its unseasonal start and end, and with T20 riches in abundance elsewhere.

^{India triumph}

5. "Shaheen has picked Canada's league because it offers more money for less work. It is a warning for The Hundred: in the age of franchise leagues, the tournament faces competition for players from some unlikely sources"

The Hundred is back. Tim Wigmore says the tournament's sell-off could see fewer players rejecting it, but also trigger a ticket hike and threaten Test cricket.

6. "Every time I check, Ollie Robinson takes wickets. All I am interested in is: Can he bowl? English cricket is not in a place where you can write off Ollie Robinson"

With the England v West Indies Test series beginning, Nasser Hussain says we have not seen the last of a discarded seamer.

^{David Gower gives his thoughts on dealing with media criticism}

Elsewhere... Mike Selvey recalls Graham Gooch’s maiden first-class hundred; Nick Howson says the women’s Hundred has had success luring Australia stars; We spend a day in the life of the BBC’s Isa Guha – hotfooting it from Lord’s to Wimbledon; Sharmila Meadows says it is time for red-ball heroes to stand up; Dobell hails Jonathan Trott; and Tanya Aldred writes about the extraordinary innings of 243 by Louis Kimber, for Leicestershire against Sussex at Hove.

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