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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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  • May 20, 2020 King Cricket

    Two dismissals an innings and over: who was Test cricket’s busiest wicketkeeper?

    We don’t write about wicketkeepers very much and that’s wrong. Batsmen and bowlers aren’t the only ones deserving of our

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  • May 6, 2020 King Cricket

    Shane Warne says we were created by aliens – but which ones?

    The frustrating thing about reality TV programmes is that when someone says something interesting, there’s no-one there to ask the

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  • May 2, 2020 King Cricket

    Rating and reviewing the wrong-handed bowling of three Sky Sports commentators

    The number one highlight of a friend’s stag-do was when we all took it in turns to throw stones into

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  • April 29, 2020 King Cricket

    Which Test cricketer was the biggest burden to their side?

    Not every cricketer is great, or good, or useful. This begs a question. Who routinely contributed the least to their

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May 29, 2020 Match report

Watching (and missing) a dramatic day of England v West Indies in 2000 – a match report

Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only interested in what it was like to be at the game, so

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May 27, 2020 England / Features / Sri Lanka

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

Continue reading
May 26, 2020 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

Following On by Emma John – book review

We don’t often review cricket books these days because reading about cricket is not generally what we want to do

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May 22, 2020 Regulars

A cricket book in the Ekoin Monastery Temple in Koyasan, Japan

Send your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the

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May 20, 2020 Features

Two dismissals an innings and over: who was Test cricket’s busiest wicketkeeper?

We don’t write about wicketkeepers very much and that’s wrong. Batsmen and bowlers aren’t the only ones deserving of our

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May 18, 2020 Regulars

Cricket gloves on Cybermen in Doctor Who

Send your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the

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May 15, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Drama on day 5

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 14, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Australia fight hard against unpredictable England attack on day 4

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 13, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Bevan mystery deepens on day 3

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 12, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England middle-order dawdles on day 2

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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