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June 6, 2020 King Cricket

Ten important questions after watching the trailer for that new England documentary ‘The Edge’

The Edge is a 1997 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson and Bart the Bear, a kodiak bear
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June 5, 2020 King Cricket

What does your job have in common with playing for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL?

Yesterday we mentioned our grim office job at a company that was dying on its arse. It later occurred to
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June 4, 2020 King Cricket

Breaking down David Warner and Nathan Lyon’s run-out of AB de Villiers – one of the most disrespectful dismissals in history

Many things happened during Australia’s win in the first Test of their ill-fated 2018 tour of South Africa. Some of
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June 3, 2020 King Cricket

Five fantastic, nonsensical or terrible innings that together explain the eternal appeal of Shahid Afridi the batsman

Big thanks to everyone who funds King Cricket via our Patreon campaign. We couldn’t justify spending this much time on
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May 27, 2020 King Cricket

Remembering Murali at the Oval in 98: The match when a true one-off revealed the awe-inspiring extent of his powers

In 1998 Muttiah Muralitharan took 16 wickets in a Test match against England at the Oval. But honestly that isn’t
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July 9, 2020 England / West Indies

How much more responsibility could Jason Holder possibly take on?

The answer is ‘none’. None more responsibility. Jason Holder is a parsimonious line bowler of immaculate line and length. He

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July 8, 2020 England / West Indies

BBC2 Test highlights: First impressions

Tonight was the first episode of the BBC’s new Test highlights show. It’s called Today at the Test, which is

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July 7, 2020 England

Three things to watch out for when England play the West Indies this week

Cricket’s back. As in ‘returned’. It hasn’t got ankylosing spondylitis or anything. England play the West Indies at the Rose

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July 4, 2020 India

It’s time to marvel at the vocal stylings of Virat Kohli (and also Rishabh Pant) in this amazing/awful pimple cream ad

It’s hard not to feel that the role of ‘ambassador’ has been somewhat devalued in recent years by the marketing

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July 2, 2020 Australia / England

Evil v Good, day 4: Match skitters to a conclusion

We’re pitting an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most against an Antagonists XI using International Cricket

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July 1, 2020 Australia / England

Evil v Good, day 3: England’s best day so far

We’re pitting an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most against an Antagonists XI using International Cricket

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June 30, 2020 Australia / England

Evil v Good, day 2: Australia capitalise

We’re pitting an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most against an Antagonists XI using International Cricket

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June 29, 2020 Australia / England

Evil v Good, day 1: England fail to impose themselves

We’re pitting an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most against an Antagonists XI using International Cricket

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June 25, 2020 Extras

They were the best signature shots, they were the worst signature shots

Next week is the worst week of our life because next week is when our England XI play and almost

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June 24, 2020 Australia

The Antagonists XI: a team we couldn’t bear to lose to

The basic premise of The Realm’s England XI is that it comprises players we love and can’t help but root

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