6 minute readaka The Vaughan Supremacy As we’ve already told you (multiple times) we’ve got a book out, co-written with Dan Liebke: The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments. In it, we count down exactly what that title promises. But of course there have been far more than 50 ridiculous moments in the
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3 minute readWe love Sophie Ecclestone, but today’s misfortune feels very on-brand. Rightly or wrongly (but probably, if we’re brutally honest, more rightly than wrongly) Ecclestone became the public face of England’s fitness and fielding frailties when she refused to do an interview with critic Alex Hartley during last winter’s Ashes. Since
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4 minute readWe’ve been asked a lot of questions about our book The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments. We’ve also made up a few. If you’ve any further questions, ask away in the comments section and maybe we’ll tackle them in a follow-up. 1. What’s it about? Come on, that’s not a
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3 minute readHeather Knight’s year began with an Ashes defeat in which England lost every match. It then progressed to losing the captaincy, after which she utterly knackered one of her legs. Never mind taking a step forwards, a sidestep would have been nice. (Not that she’d have been capable with that
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2 minute readFor a while there, it looked like two of the three main cricket disciplines were going to be enough for Pakistan. Tammy Beaumont got bowled, Amy Jones got bowled and Nat Sciver-Brunt got bowled. At this point, Heather Knight called on all her years of experience and came up with
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7 minute readSometimes we do this thing where we sift the summer’s events, pick out the more striking moments and then see whether we can perceive a vague yet coherent picture. There’s no analysis here. We offer no conclusions. At best, it’s an exercise that might get you half a step closer
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2 minute readAs the world’s foremost authority on ‘things with holes in which can carry multiple pints of beer at cricket matches’ we bring you news! And not just any class of news. We bring you the very finest form of news: third-hand news. Sam emailed to say: “Spotted at Taunton. Not
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< 1 minute readWe originally pitched The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments as The 52 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments in honour of Rob Key’s half century in the 2002 Boxing Day Test that so triumphantly denied Australia an innings victory and forced them to bat a second time. Alas, Affirm Press fought us
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2 minute readSand drawing is best left to the ni-Vanuatu. You want to make a line that people will pay attention to, etch it in stone or something. This time last year, England were knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group stages. Their final match, against the West Indies,
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< 1 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only really interested in your own experience, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. (But if it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.) Chuck writes… Malahide, cricket and I can only mean two
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