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Continue readingAuthor: King Cricket
Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places.
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Chris Woakes has a beard now and that definitely says something although we’re not exactly sure what
4 minute readRemember when Ian Bell grew an almost-beard? That was a statement if ever there was one. Ian Bell’s beard said, “I am grizzled nowadays. I am a veteran. I am a man.” Gingery and flecked with grey, Bell’s was the facial hair of a cowboy who’d been on the trail
Continue readingEven the mere *idea* of playing for Yorkshire seems to have helped Dawid Malan. Somehow
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Continue readingEoin Morgan had never tried coffee until last week. What does that say about him?
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You can add to the English cricket season but you can never take away
2 minute readA brief history of what’s been wrong with the County Championship in the fairly recent past, the present, and in a couple of years’ time… The last of those seems to be on the cards going by an interview with Ashley Giles in the latest issue of The Cricketer. Giles
Continue readingAre you completely numb to the ridiculousness of cricket terminology?
3 minute readThis piece is not a flimsy excuse to publish footage of ‘the ram’ from the Eton Field Game. It is a chin-stroking musing on the fundamental meaningless of sporting terminology. The fact that it happens to feature footage of ‘the ram’ from the Eton Field Game is just a bonus.
Continue readingPapua New Guinea have qualified for the World T20. Without looking stuff up, let’s all share everything we know about Papua New Guinea
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