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

James Anderson is the cover star of the summer issue of The Cricketer – a magazine that is essential holiday reading

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

1. "The alchemy going on between the ball and his right wrist and fingers made him the world-beater he became. It is as subtle as origami; a little cant of the seam here, a bit more pull of the index finger there"

Derek Pringle pays tribute to Anderson after his farewell Test at Lord's.

2. "If any of the previous 40,000 deliveries he bowled in Tests were better than for his last wicket, then I never saw them, and I saw a great many"

Mike Selvey says Anderson strangely never embraced the Nursery end at Lord's… his final wicket was from there, however...

^{Derek Pringle pays tribute to James Anderson}

3. "We were at the academy together under Rod Marsh's tutelage. What stood out for me was just how good Jimmy was as a fielder. He had a brilliant arm, he was so athletic, something that I didn’t have, and I always wanted him at slip when I bowled"

Monty Panesar pays tribute to Anderson's fielding.

4. "Although the matter was indeed discussed, the overall impression that I took away from the day was that the decline of long-form red-ball cricket is just an inevitability"

The World Cricket Connects event was held by MCC at Lord's, chaired by Mark Nicholas. David Gower, in attendance, was disappointed with what he heard.

^{Mike Brearley discusses the importance of team meetings}

5. "The beauty of cricket, why it is unique among sports, is that we have these different forms of the game… What was agreed upon (in the event) is that as long as kids are watching the game, playing, and involved in it, that can only be a positive. Cricket could not be in a stronger position than it is now"

Justin Langer was interviewed by Turbervill after the event… the former Australia coach had a positive take on proceedings.

6. "Are we really going to let West Indies cricket die?"

George Dobell, in his monthly column, asks... "Perhaps a Caribbean team could even play in the County Championship – 21 sides would break neatly into three divisions?"

^{Interview: Justin Langer}

Elsewhere... Brian Lara gives Dobell an exclusive interview; Mike Brearley says there is a place for focused team meetings, and cites two prime examples with Middlesex and England; Tanya Aldred says Nat Sciver-Brunt having a gate named after her at the Kia Oval shows barriers are coming down; Jarrod Kimber, in his new monthly column, 'Number Cruncher', analyses the group stages of this summer's Vitality Blast; With the county One Day Cup back, Simon Wilde acknowledges that the 50-over format is becoming unloved in some countries…; and James Bracey describes the amazing County Championship finish between Gloucestershire and Glamorgan at Cheltenham.

All that and more, in the Summer issue of The Cricketer… to be found on beaches all over the world this holiday!

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