Universal’s Summer Cricket Guide

Universal’s Summer Cricket Guide, edited by Australian sports journalist and commentator Ken Piesse, is a yearly edition that contains your complete tour guide for the international and domestic cricket season ahead. Including insightful editorial coverage on each team and player with commentaries by leading industry insiders on topical issues. Each magazine also contains a market place section with a review of the latest products available.

Universal’s Summer Cricket Guide

FOR COLLECTORS

ALL THE 2025-26 FIXTURES

WILL IT BE A BOILOVER? • Can 2025-26 provide an Ashes shock? STEVEN LYNCH says it’s a possibility, but he is biased…

HARRY & THE THRILL SEEKERS • Move over Boycott, Barrington and Edrich, England has a new exhilarating top-order to make the old masters blink with astonishment

ON THE CUSP OF GREATNESS • MARK BROWNING says Joe Root is chasing true greatness this summer… and equally importantly, an Ashes Test win Down Under

GREAT ASHES MOMENTS • From the two Miracles at Headingley to Don Bradman’s greatest triumphs, 30 of the most defining and iconic moments in Ashes annals

MY ASHES ADDICTION • English-born, Australian-raised octogenarian DAVID FRITH, the Bradman of all cricket writers, has a unique perspective on Anglo-Australian cricket rivalry

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND

WIN THE CHAPPELL CHRONICLES, SIGNED BY GREG

FANCY A TICKET? ‘NO THANKS MAAN’ • Barbados and the Caribbean islands remain irresistible tourist havens, but the declining interest in cricket is alarming, says KEN PIESSEF

‘STARC AGAIN. JESUS CHRIST HAVE MERCY’ • Far from settling Australia’s best XI in the lead-up to the Ashes, Australia’s series-sweeping 3-0 domination of the West Indies created a fresh set of problems, especially with the top 6. KEN PIESSE was there.

A NEW WORLD ORDER • Test cricket has a new world champion – and it’s not Australia

OUR NEXT GILCHRIST • MARK BROWNING showcases Australia’s champion wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey.

THE AUSTRALIANS

OWEN EXCITES

AN ASHES QUIZ • Twenty-one Ashes questions from our evergreen quizmaster GEOFF POULTER

CARSE THE WILDCARD • Can a 30-year-old South African banned for betting on games be England’s ‘inspiration’ this Aussie summer? asks MARK BROWNING

THE ENGLISHMEN

ENGLAND’S 2025 SUMMER • A sun-drenched run-fest

EXPECT FIREWORKS! • It shapes as seven weeks of enthralling Ashes Test cricket. Two even teams and an explosive wildcard in the rejuvenated Jofra Archer

THE WEST TEST

THE PRINCE OF PINK

AUSTRALIA’S CITADEL

A NEW WORLD RECORD?

WILL IT BE MITCH’S FAREWELL?

A 135-YEAR HOODOO • Can Ryan Harris’ South Australians break a 135-year hoodoo and win consecutive Shield titles?

ONE-DAY CUP

NSW WALES

TEN YEARS OF NSW CRICKET • New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

QUEENSLAND BULLS

TEN YEARS OF QLD CRICKET • Queensland in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

TEN YEARS OF SA STATE CRICKET • South Australia in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

TASMANIA

TEN YEARS OF TAS STATE CRICKET • Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

VICTORIA

TEN YEARS OF VIC STATE CRICKET • Victoria in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

TEN YEARS OF WA STATE CRICKET • Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield 2015-25

ANOTHER PINK BALL TEST • Australia’s ever-growing rivalry with India continues in the upcoming months with multi-format women’s internationals scheduled at the summer’s end.

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