The Cricketer January 2024

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• A fun-packed illustrated cover by the gifted Nick Newman
• David Gower takes new MCC president Mark Nicholas to lunch
• Mike Brearley reflects on the loneliness of command at the World Cup
• Simon Barnes reviews the cricketing year
• Test Match Special producer Adam Mountford is interviewed
• His TMS predecessor Peter Baxter discusses his era
• James Coyne talks about TMS’ opposition, talkSPORT
• Kevin Howells, the BBC’s voice of county cricket, is interviewed
• George Dobell on why some counties are happy not to play
• Feargal Sharkey on why his ‘good heart’ belongs to the Ireland team
• Durham coach Ryan Campbell speaks out in ‘facing up’
• Nasser Hussain picks his player of 2023, and his one to watch next year
• David Hopps says England should buy out some of the men’s contracts they dished out
• George Dobell reflects on where England went wrong at the World Cup
• Malcolm Conn explains how captain Pat Cummins inspired Australia’s triumph
• Tanya Aldred on why Nat Sciver-Brunt is now one of the best-paid British female sports stars
• Nick Friend explains why Jon Lewis took his England batters to Mumbai
• Huw Turbervill investigates the extraordinary story of Lashings Cricket Club
• Mike Selvey reminisces about how his grandfather taught him a cricketing lesson
• Zimbabwean cricket writer CS Chiwanza writes about Henry Olonga
• We find out Whatever Happened to… Cathy Mowat
• Gideon Haigh looks through The Window