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November 26, 2021 Australia

A fast bowler can definitely be captain in an era when every player misses loads of matches anyway

Fast bowlers aren’t often captains. They’re more likely to get injured. They’re more likely to be tired and bad-tempered in the field. There’s always the temptation to over- or under-bowl themselves. But these things aren’t insurmountable. Whenever a Test captaincy vacancy opens up, the discussion begins. Who are the options?

November 23, 2021 Australia / England

Brad Haddin’s finest moment as a cricketer

Pad Haddin. Brad Paddin. Pad Had-a-Ball-In. There may or may not be a joke in there, but even if there is, there’s one thing we can be sure of: it is not a good one. We refer, of course, to one of the great moments of the 2009 Ashes. One

November 22, 2021 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

Books to read at the cricket? Biography by Max Frisch

Have you tried to read summat while at a cricket match? Let us know how it went at king@kingcricket.co.uk Ged Ladd writes… The play Biography by Max Frisch was top of my reading pile for Day Three of the first Lord’s test of the 2021 summer, which I had planned/booked

November 19, 2021 Australia

Stand-in captain Tim Paine finishes his stint

World cricket’s longest-serving stand-in captain took heroic and selfless steps to avert a tragedy today. Increasingly concerned that Steve Smith might never again captain Australia, Tim Paine hit upon the idea of sexting someone four years ago – a simple move that has allowed him to immediately resign. Paine was

November 17, 2021 County cricket / Features

Life at Yorkshire and what we should be saying about it

It’s time to write an article about Yorkshire because eventually the absence of something can start to look deeply suspicious. In 2006, before this site even had its own domain name, we made a snarky comment about how Adil Rashid had made a splash by being a Yorkshire-born player of

November 16, 2021 Australia / England / Features / Regulars

The 2009 Ridiculous Ashes

We’re doing another series of The Ridiculous Ashes, the podcast we do with Dan Liebke in which we revisit the funnier moments of historic Ashes series and decide which side made the more significant comedy contribution. A few people have previously been put off by the fact that Series 1

November 15, 2021 Australia / England / India / New Zealand / Pakistan

With less than a year to go, let’s look at who’s finding form for the T20 World Cup

It’s now less than a year until the final of the 2022 T20 World Cup. Let’s take a look at how some of the teams are shaping up with just a handful of matches left for fine-tuning. The world is unanimously agreed that the 2022 edition will be the first

November 11, 2021 England / New Zealand

Jimmy Neesham’s activity and inactivity

Jimmy Neesham made two excellent and contrasting contributions to New Zealand’s T20 World Cup semi-final win over England. Firstly, he successfully steered the match round the sharpest of corners late in his team’s run-chase. Secondly, he totally neglected to move a muscle come the winning moment. It’s hard to pick

November 9, 2021 England / New Zealand

Which cracks will England’s Polyfilla Moeen Ali be asked to fill in the T20 World Cup semi-final

England could shuffle their team in all sorts of different ways to cover for the absence of Jason Roy. The only thing we can be certain of is that no matter who opens, it will mean Moeen Ali being asked to do something different. This is, in fact, not strictly

November 8, 2021 Australia / Pakistan

Matthew Hayden v Justin Langer – what will it be like?

“It will be like two balls of mercury on the one plate,” according to Matthew Hayden. Regular readers of this website will know that Hayden is currently serving as Pakistan’s batting coach and principle guff-talker. Justin Langer is of course Australia’s current head coach and principle guff-talker. Way back when,

Life at Yorkshire and what we should be saying about it

The 2009 Ridiculous Ashes

Let’s revisit the Netherlands’ win over England at the 2009 T20 World Cup and in particular the insanely chaotic final over from Stuart Broad

When Shane Watson was run out in Perth – the Ashes dismissal that no-one involved enjoyed

R Ashwin went to Devon

A fast bowler can definitely be captain in an era when every player misses loads of matches anyway

Brad Haddin’s finest moment as a cricketer

Books to read at the cricket? Biography by Max Frisch

Stand-in captain Tim Paine finishes his stint

Life at Yorkshire and what we should be saying about it

The 2009 Ridiculous Ashes

With less than a year to go, let’s look at who’s finding form for the T20 World Cup

Jimmy Neesham’s activity and inactivity

Which cracks will England’s Polyfilla Moeen Ali be asked to fill in the T20 World Cup semi-final

Matthew Hayden v Justin Langer – what will it be like?