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Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in this week’s edition of TCP…
• Paul Nixon takes an early look at what the 2017 County Championship has in store.
• Will MacPherson on the past seven days in the Big Bash.
• Alison Mitchell looks at those who were never handed an international cap.
• Derek Pringle looks at the moves to sign Kolpak players in county cricket despite calls for the pathway to be blocked.
• Tristan Lavalette on how Australia are shaping up ahead of next winter’s Ashes.
• Richard Edwards talks to Liam Plunkett with the bowler hoping to give himself a shot in the IPL.
• Where are they now? Lancashire – CGU National League Champions 1999.
• Reece Topley hopes to be fit and firing, ready for the start of the County Championship.
• Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon discuss the current Australia v Pakistan Test.
• Tim Wigmore on how the Supreme Court’s decision to remove two of cricket’s most powerful men can herald a positive change.