• The 100-ball announcement: Simon Hughes, Simon Barnes, Barney Ronay and Peter Trego (offering the players’ perspective) all have their say. 
• Ed Smith’s appointment as national selector divided opinion – Philip Collins of The Times is a fan (although they disagree about Jos Buttler), Michael Henderson perhaps less so…  
• West Indies’ 90 years as a Test nation: Paul Weaver, Jim Holden, Paul Edwards, David Frith and Dean Wilson reflect on Sobers, Richards et al…  
• Huw Turbervill writes a feature on how cricket coverage has evolved in national newspapers.  
• We also have Ivo Tennant meeting that golden duo, John Woodcock and Henry Blofeld; a Big Match from Chelmsford, Kent in focus in The County Set, Dave Townsend writing about Ireland’s Test baptism, and Isabelle Westbury looking at the club cricket crisis in Nottinghamshire. 

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