< 1 minute read He’s been kind of crap of late and even when he has made runs in Tests, they’ve seemed a bit jousey. However, at the same time, he’s been a pyrotechnic gnarl-dog in one-day internationals and they ain’t ten a penny. Should England drop him? He’s not the only one to
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Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places.
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CB40 Final match report
2 minute read Sam writes: Saturday morning, late September Cut price tickets through a friend who is a member South West Trains and then the Bakerloo Tesco express for a beer or two First to the Tavern, then to the Warner Down to the toilets with a window in the corner Through which
Continue readingMohsin Khan’s dad qualities
< 1 minute read Pakistan had a job to do, but most of the players were just dicking about. Umar Gul was ragging round on his BMX, Mohammad Hafeez was telling naughty jokes and Kamran Akmal was skulking in the shrubbery, encouraging his brothers to smoke cigarettes. Misbah-ul-Haq was trying to get everybody to
Continue readingAustralia’s Twenty20 selection policy
< 1 minute read Sam writes: Greetings, King Cricket readers. I would like to share some facts with you. Everyone loves a good fact. Here they come. George Bailey is the new captain of Australia’s Twenty20 team He is the first player since Dave Gregory in 1877 to be named captain in his first
Continue readingEngland’s batsmen and spin in the fourth innings
2 minute read England’s second innings batting card looks a bit binary code, but the truth is they weren’t qualified for this job. The batsman v bowler duel generally favours the batsman, but the balance can shift towards the bowler due to the pitch, the weather and the match situation. In Abu Dhabi,
Continue readingMonty Panesar has played one Test X times
< 1 minute read This statement was made my Shane Warne. He famously said that Monty Panesar hadn’t played X Tests but one Test X number of times. This is accepted as great insight all too readily. It’s a nice catchy soundbite and it’s from Shane Warne, but does it really have much merit?
Continue readingVirat Kohli hits first Test hundred
2 minute read As well as being from a different generation, Tendulkar, Dravid and them are also significantly older than the likes of Virat Kohli. What we mean by this is that people change over time. They grow up. We say this not because we’re competing in a hotly-contested online state-the-obvious competition, but
Continue readingIndia’s nuts need tightening
< 1 minute read Their wheel nuts. Don’t be crude. It’s not so much that India keep losing Test matches that’s depressing, it’s the way that they lose them: the wheels keep coming off. In England and Australia, India have collectively averaged 24.5 with the bat and 56.97 with the ball. To put that
Continue readingMonty Panesar’s back
< 1 minute read As in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got ankylosing spondylitis or anything. It may not be the first time we’ve made that joke – it may not be the first time we’ve made that joke about Monty Panesar – but come on. Some events warrant special attention. So what are the pros
Continue readingEight counties in the first division of the County Championship?
< 1 minute read Eight counties, 14 matches, home and away against everyone else in the division. Yeah, we’d be okay with that. Our official stance is that the second division doesn’t count, so it would seem a bit odd to get all het up about them having some mix-and-match half-arsed fixture list of
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