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THE Top Six The month in cricket No.l

Pakistani injection of excellence gives county cricket a golden glow • The all-star cast of Pakistanis playing in England this summer has revived memories of county cricket’s glory years, writes Andrew Miller

The skill and chance of captaincy • Ben Stokes has all the qualities a great captain needs, writes Mark Ramprakash. But that isn’t always enough

Robinson, Grace and the collapse of nuance • Lawrence Booth reflects on the reception to the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which found itself swept up in the culture wars after a couple of opinion-dividing editorial decisions

When Isa met Anya • In April, Anya Shrubsole announced her retirement from international cricket. She sat down with former teammate Isa Guha to discuss her career and what comes next

Quick Singles • The month’s news in brief

The smile is back • Ben Jones on the spectacular feats of Jos Buttler, one of the IPL’s true hall-of-famers

NEWS CYCLE • Hold the front page: Virat Kohli has done literally anything, writes Ben Gardner

Head to Head Chris Gayle • The T20 all-time-great and former West Indies captain sits down with James Wallace for a surreal and wide-ranging conversation

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering each of the 18 first-class counties every month, including news, interviews and stats, as well as the oddities which make county cricket what it is

Q CRICKIPEDIA • The alternative compendium of cricket

RE: VIEW • Three writers pick their top seven for England’s first Test of the summer against New Zealand at Lord’s, beginning on June 2

Mailbox • In association with Botham Wines, letter of the month receives a bottle of Botham 80 Series Cabernet Sauvignon – an extra special wine presented in a hand-embossed wooden case

THE KING OF ENGLAND • It’s a new era in English cricket, with a new crowned head to reign over the men’s Test team. Phil Walker considers what the next instalment in the Ben Stokes epic will look like, and the scale of the task he faces

MATTERS OF STATE • Yas Rana looks at the most pertinent issues on Stokes’ plate

KEY DECISIONS • As Rob Key settles into the MD’s chair, John Stern considers what the job means and what the newcomer can expect to deal with

THE NEXT FAB FOUR • Who, if anyone, can follow in the footsteps of Kohli, Root, Smith and Williamson? Jo Harman introduces a special feature in which we pick out four pretenders to the throne

MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE • Phil Walker tracks down the №1 Test batter in the world

RISHABH PANT INDIA • Ben Jones on the Indian whirligig who’s rewriting the rules as he goes

BABAR AZAM • Taha Hashim on an unmissable strokemaker who has the world at his feet

DEVON CONWAY • Andrew Alderson, sports reporter for the NZ Herald, profiles an effortlessly slick run-getter who’s quickly making up for lost time

GREATS IN WAITING • Jo Harman picks out an emerging batter from each of the major Test nations with the potential to break into the top bracket

ROCK ROTTOM • With English cricket in crisis and New Zealand soon to arrive on these shores, Jo Harman brings a little perspective by revisiting England’s infamously awful summer of 1999 when defeat to the Kiwis made Nasser Hussain’s side officially the worst Test outfit in the world

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