2 minute read Those of you who’ve been paying attention and reading to the ends of articles will know that we recently floated the possibility of switching off display advertising for a year. This was predicated on attracting a few new Patreon backers. We can’t remember the exact number. We think it was
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How popular are all these Not-Quite-The-IPL franchise leagues actually likely to be?
5 minute read The birth of a whole new wave of T20 franchise competitions will bring about the death of international cricket according to a great many articles we’ve read in the last six months. We don’t really know about that. We’re pretty certain that they’ll bring about the death of several T20
Continue readingWhat is The Wonky Bail Award?
< 1 minute read Simple question. Regular King Cricket contributor, Sam, spotted this in a pub in Ilsington, Devon. He does not know what it is. We do not know what it is. Is The Wonky Bail purely the name of the award? Do you receive The Wonky Bail for exceptional achievement in some
Continue readingA King Cricket health check – what did our Patreon crowdfunding campaign achieve last year?
5 minute read Last January, we took a look back on our Patreon-funded output from the previous year. We did this partly to highlight what crowdfunding is doing for this website, but just as importantly to keep ourself on track. We thought we’d now repeat the exercise for the year just gone. If
Continue readingThe 2024 King Cricket Essentials Calendar
2 minute read There’s too much cricket. You have to prioritise. Below is our month-by-month guide to the series and tournaments we’ll (most likely) be focusing on in the coming year. Essentials? It’s pretty widely accepted now that the cricket calendar is oversaturated. You can either sit back and take what comes each
Continue reading10 staggeringly indecent highlights and lowlights from the 2023 World Cup – featuring Rohit Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Ravi Shastri + more
5 minute read There’s been a World Cup. Some things happened in it. Here are a few that we found ourselves thinking about a fair bit for one reason or another. We’ve labelled this selection ‘indecent’ as a sort of broad, catch-all term that can be interpreted either positively or negatively. It’s essentially
Continue readingOther than one brief flicker from Adrian Holdstock we’ve been massively unimpressed with the standard of umpiring at this World Cup
3 minute read When most people talk about the standard of umpiring in a cricket match, they tend to mean the quality of the decision-making. But we don’t mean that… we don’t mean that at all. Other than when there’s a stinker of a decision or a marginal call at a crucial time,
Continue readingThe Worth Watching Ratings: One player from each nation (except Sri Lanka) to keep an eye on during the 2023 Cricket World Cup
6 minute read Once upon a time, cricket was a bigger part of our job. A World Cup or two ago, we used to watch a fair bit of one-day cricket and consequently had a pretty decent handle on how each team went about its business. These days? Not so much. This may
Continue readingOne of the World Cup mascots is called Tonk
2 minute read The other one is called Blaze, but we do not care for Blaze. This is Blaze. Let us never speak of Blaze again. This is Tonk. Tonk is, “a super cool batter who tonks every ball.” We like Tonk. This is largely because we like the word ‘tonk’. It is
Continue readingFor the avoidance of doubt the 2023 Cricket World Cup absolutely does not “take one day”
2 minute read “History will be written and dreams will be realised at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023,” is the claim. “All it takes is just one day.” This is manifestly untrue. The winning of the World Cup will take one day in much the same way as it will take
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