4 minute read We love an ill-advised leave. We love Darren Gough. We love Australian batsmen ill-advisedly leaving Darren Gough. We’ve just been watching Darren Gough bowling Australia out in the 1994-95 Ashes because, you know, why not? (If you want to gain an insight into the King Cricket editorial/creative process, we were
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< 1 minute read We’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. Darren Gough at eight is… well, it’s not great, is it? Except it is, because it means Darren Gough is in the team. Gough is in some ways the prototype for players we emotionally invest in. Firstly,
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5 minute read Here’s a fact for you: most left-handed batsmen are right-handed. Okay, we haven’t actually delved into the data to uncover that, so that may not technically be a fact. We’re pretty sure it’s true though. Batting is a thing you do with both hands. Just because cricket calls one stance
Continue reading< 1 minute read This is the second competition to meet a cricketer. It is appearing here largely because we want to publish a picture of Darren Gough with a pork pie in his hand. The competition is over at The Mirror. The prize is actually pretty damn good: tickets to the first two
Continue reading2 minute read There’ll be a bit of Twenty20 next year, but basically this is it. This is as close to a definitive goodbye as he’ll give us. The very reason why Darren Gough didn’t go out in a blaze of glory is the very reason why he deserved to do so. He
Continue reading< 1 minute read It’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.
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