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A quarterly magazine that brings you the best in-depth, long-read stories in sport. www.pitch-mag.co.uk

24/11/2025

Give the sports fan in your life more Christmas joy with a subscription to Pitch - the award-winning sports magazine.

23/11/2025

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22/11/2025

Trust you’re all enjoying the cricket, and all that. As a supplement to the tete-a-tete Down Under, we’ve a feature out on you lot – England's Barmy Army.

In its 2,500 words or so, Pitch explores how this passionate band of England supporters became a global travel business. Sit down, with us, in the new Barmy Army HQ to take a look at the numbers with Managing Director Chris Millard. In print, as all good things should be.

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18/11/2025

Probably the most Stokesian image you’ll find on this here t’internet, dear reader. Headingley 2019 meets Headingley ‘81. Bottle of champers swapped in for the cigar. Not bad. But of our Headingley Heroes. Who done it better?

Walking in a Willis wonderland, 1981...

Botham giving it some humpty with the bat might have been just a footnote if Willis hadn’t given it plenty of humpty with the ball in Leeds. The fast bowler wasn’t initially selected for the third Test at Headingley. He was susceptible to injury and, in his first match as England captain, Mike Brearley didn’t want to take the risk, favouring spinner John Emburey. Willis convinced him that the pitch was better suited to four seam bowlers and, in Australia’s second innings, when switching to the Kirkstall Lane End, with the wind behind him, he was virtually unplayable, taking 8-43 and bowling, as he often did, in a trancelike state that shocked Dilley who went over to congratulate him and recalled: “When I looked into his eyes, it was as if there was nobody there.”

Stokes’ miracle at Headingley, 2019...

“Ben Stokes is the complete modern cricketer. He can play resolute defensive innings and take attacks apart,” England bowler and broadcaster Jonathan Agnew declared after Stokes’s undefeated 135 levelled the 2019 series at Headingley. Chasing 359 in their second innings, the hosts slipped from 245 for five to 296 for nine before spinner Jack Leach came to the crease. Only one man could score the runs to save England and it wasn’t Leach. And Stokes delivered, hitting 11 fours and eight sixes, piling the pressure on Australia who dropped a catch and missed a run out – before his last boundary earned an improbable victory. Australia still kept the Ashes – drawing the series 2-2 – but Stokes had hit the best England innings since Botham’s Headingley heroics in 1981.

17/11/2025

The calm before the storm, and the hush of the dressing room.

Sit back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy your copy of The Ashes before the action kicks off on Friday.

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16/11/2025

A fresh blend is stepping onto the pitch to warm your Ashes and festive vibes…

Dropping early next week.

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13/11/2025

8 days to go…

The mind games have started, shots are being fired in the press, and the anticipation is building fast.

There are injury scares, warm-up matches, and all the usual pre-series chaos… and right in the middle of it all, we’ve got a cracking new issue packed with legends, stories, and a fair few has-beens. Cheers, Ben!

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11/11/2025

You'll know by now, if you follow this account, that cricket’s biggest biennial bout is entering its 74th round, and for all the sledging that comes with it, there’s been some terrific cricket played through the years.

Pitch’s on- and off-field Ashes coverage starts here – with Alan Davidson and Neil Harvey leading the Aussies out in 1963. That was the last series the touring party travelled across the world by boat – England going all that way for a 1-1 draw. Picket fence looks nice, mind.

Proper cricket that.

09/11/2025

Morning! For those who pre-ordered our new Ashes Collector’s Edition magazine, we hope it’s already arrived and you’re enjoying every page.

With less than 12 days until the first ball is bowled, this issue is the perfect Ashes warm-up to get you in the mood for the battle down under.

Grab your copy today.

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07/11/2025

We’ve found the perfect Ashes companion in England's Barmy Army with this 132-page love letter to the biggest series in Cricket.

Inside, England Urn-lifters Graeme Swann, Ashley Giles, and Chris Broad all chip in. Plus (!) Andy Afford sits down with member of the ‘hope and expectation’ brigade, Josh Tongue in what could be an Ashes classic.

Elsewhere, Barmy Army MD Chris Millard, gives a professional insight to the inner sanctum of this supporters group you hold so dear. That feature’s called Everywhere We Go, a must read for anyone involved.

Use code: BARMY25 for 25% off this Ashes Collector’s Edition magazine.

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05/11/2025

On The Cover.

‘Waiting in the Corden’ artwork by ’s gal-boss Rosie Dean.

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Thomas Walter Hayward:

Scored 130 at Old Trafford in the fourth Test of the 1899 Ashes series. Described as “one of the great Test innings” by Ralph Barker in Sporting Life, he topped the batting averages with 413 runs at 68.83.

Ben Stokes:

Travels as England’s most-successful Test captain with a 62.96 per cent win-rate. Has amassed 1,562 Test runs against Australia at an average of 36.32, along with a bowling average of 28.61 Down Under.

Harold Larwood:

With a stand at Trent Bridge named in his honour, his fast-bowling into the guts of Australian batsmen during Bodyline is well covered in this issue – alongside his match-worn sweatshirt in Ashes memorabilia: ‘From the Loft’.

Andrew Strauss:

South African-born, Strauss led the team to back-to-back series wins: the home series in 2009 and the 2010-11 tour of Australia. As Test captain he posted a 48 per cent win rate, and guided England to No. 1 in the Test rankings.

David Boon:

Appropriately moustachioed, Boon’s influence in Ashes-winning sides started on the plane in 1989 – as he reportedly sank 52 cans of ale. The resulting 4-0 whitewash was their first series victory in England for over 50 years.

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