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Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

Keaton Jennings parries (all images via Sky Sports)

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

Rory Burns sweeps (via Sky Sports)

November 16, 2018 / King Cricket / 7 appeals

South Africa just choked in a major tournament and no-one seems to be going on about it

West Indies v South Africa (via ICC YouTube)

November 15, 2018 / King Cricket / 5 appeals

If we no longer trust the team selection experts, it’s time to submit ourselves to the wisdom of the hat

There is a hat that knows what it's fucking doing and is going to finally sort everything out once and for all

Trevor Bayliss’s hat (via ECB YouTube)

November 14, 2018 / King Cricket / 14 appeals

If England are desperately in need of a mediocre number six batsman then yes, Jonny Bairstow should definitely give up the wicketkeeping gloves

November 13, 2018 / King Cricket / 18 appeals

It ends for Rangana Herath the way it will end for all of us – sprawled on our faces in defeat

Zero points for style, zero points for difficulty

Rangana Herath’s Test career ends (all images via Sky Sports)

November 9, 2018 / King Cricket / 15 appeals

Keaton Jennings has a secret and he doesn’t want anyone reliant on free-to-air cricket coverage to uncover it

Keaton Jennings (via Channel 5)

November 8, 2018 / King Cricket / 20 appeals

Sam Curran was England’s second-choice pace bowler for this Test match and that seems pretty significant

Sam Curran appeals for assistance after finding himself trapped in quicksand

Sam Curran (via Sky Sports)

November 7, 2018 / King Cricket / 18 appeals

Ben Foakes: first look in Test cricket

Lots of sky, with Ben Foakes in the foreground

Ben Foakes (via Sky Sports)

November 6, 2018 / King Cricket / 17 appeals

The only definition of ‘elite honesty’ that makes any sort of sense whatsoever

Justin Langer (via YouTube)

November 3, 2018 / King Cricket / 16 appeals

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Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

South Africa just choked in a major tournament and no-one seems to be going on about it

If we no longer trust the team selection experts, it’s time to submit ourselves to the wisdom of the hat

If England are desperately in need of a mediocre number six batsman then yes, Jonny Bairstow should definitely give up the wicketkeeping gloves

It ends for Rangana Herath the way it will end for all of us – sprawled on our faces in defeat

Keaton Jennings has a secret and he doesn’t want anyone reliant on free-to-air cricket coverage to uncover it

Sam Curran was England’s second-choice pace bowler for this Test match and that seems pretty significant

Ben Foakes: first look in Test cricket

The only definition of ‘elite honesty’ that makes any sort of sense whatsoever

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