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ECB indifference defuses the Blast • In the 20th year of English domestic T20, the ECB’s drifting focus has ensured the competition’s anniversary has fallen flat, writes Andrew Miller

How Eoin Morgan’s otherness seduced English cricket • Following the World Cup-winning captain’s retirement from international cricket, Mark Ramprakash gives his insight on how Eoin Morgan reconstructed England’s white-ball sides and left a legacy in his wake

Going Dutch set to become a thing of the past for the game’s elite • The ICC’s decision to scrap the World Cup Super League raises questions about opportunities for Associate nations and means that England’s recent tour of the Netherlands is likely to be nothing more than an enjoyable one-off, writes Lawrence Booth

IPL mega deal casts shadow on international game • The IPL’s latest broadcasting rights deal has made the competition the second-most valued sports league on the planet, further shifting the tectonic plates of world cricket in the process, writes Tim Wigmore

Quick Singles • The month’s news in brief

Sciver and Kapp go out to bat for the future of women’s Test cricket • An enthralling Test match at Taunton ended in stalemate, prompting questions about why women aren’t afforded five days to reach a decisive result. The class of Nat Sciver and Marizanne Kapp showed that women’s Test cricket deserves more respect, writes Raf Nicholson

NEWS CYCLE • It’s time for News-Ball, writes Ben Gardner

Mark Alleyne • The former Gloucestershire captain talks to Taha Hashim about working with England’s ODI side on the recent trip to the Netherlands, his years “outside of the system” as he sought top-level coaching opportunities, and the merits or otherwise of positive discrimination

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

CRICKIPEDIA • The alternative compendium of cricket

RE:VIEW • Following Eoin Morgan’s retirement from international cricket, three writers consider who deserves the title of the most impactful England’s men’s captain of the 21st century

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

‘WE WALK TOWARDS THE DANGER’ BEN STOKES, MAY 2022 • ENGLAND, LAND OF FEAR AND ORTHODOXY, HAS REDRAWN THE PARAMETERS OF TEST MATCH CRICKET. IT’S TAKEN A MONTH.

MOEEN ALI • Last autumn Moeen Ali announced his retirement from Test cricket. One phone call from an old friend changed his mind, he tells Phil Walker

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE • At a time of rapid development for women’s cricket in the UK, we spoke to seven emerging players at different stages of their careers about how the shifting landscape has impacted their lives, and their aspirations for the future

The STRAUSS LEGACY • Ten years since Andrew Strauss called time on his illustrious playing career, Daniel Brigham examines the impact he made as a batter, a captain, and most recently as a forward-thinking administrator

Boycott and me • When Jon Hotten found out that Geoffrey Boycott had spent much of the first lockdown writing a ‘retrospective diary’ of his entire Test career, he was intrigued to read the manuscript, and then amazed when he did. From there, a unique literary collaboration was...