< 1 minute readWe’ve a lot of time for both Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan. Far from feeling it necessary to identify one as being a better bet for the Test team, we’re simply happy that one of them misses out. The true strength of the great Australian Test teams of yesteryear was
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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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Surrey are pretty bad at cricket
< 1 minute readThere’s a good chance this doesn’t bother anyone else but us, but when has that ever stopped us? “Surrey – so what?” is the theme of this post. Surrey get a lot of media coverage. We don’t really know why, because they don’t deserve it. Their matches get first division
Continue readingLancashire Legends destroy Yorkshire
< 1 minute readBeing as you were all unmoved by yesterday’s references to ludicrous Eighties fantasy film, Legend, we’ve decided to put three more references into today’s post as punishment. The title is one reference. See if you can spot the other two. They are both subtle and clever. In yesterday’s Roses match,
Continue readingWho are the Unicorns?
< 1 minute readThe Unicorns lost to Nottinghamshire yesterday. This reminded us that a friend was asking about them the other day. We suppose we’d better clear up a few questions. Who are the Unicorns? The Unicorns are the ECB Recreational XI. Where are they from? They are from “long ago.” Why should
Continue readingBatter or batsman? | Fielder or fieldsman?
< 1 minute readDo you have strong feelings about this? Here at King Cricket we favour ‘batsman’ and ‘fielder’. Why ‘batsman’? The word ‘batter’ has plenty of meanings. It doesn’t need any more. Batter is what you dip a fish in before you fry it. Batter is what people do to you if
Continue readingWhat’s the latest with Mohammad Yousuf?
< 1 minute readThat’s a serious question. We’ve genuinely forgotten where we’re up to. He was banned for life, but then unbanned, but he’s still not playing for Pakistan. He’s playing for Warwickshire at the moment, we believe he’s got a spell booked in the Birmingham leagues after that and then at some
Continue readingDevendra Bishoo is a canny leg-spinner
< 1 minute readWe thought this when we saw him bowl during the World Cup. Devendra Bishoo is one of a fair few promising West Indies bowlers knocking about at the minute. The problem is, it’s a challenge for these bowlers to retain enthusiasm when the batsmen only ever give them 200 to
Continue readingHow can England have three captains?
< 1 minute readIt’s fine if you have a clearly defined management structure. By defining the hierarchy and outlining key responsibilities for all staff, everyone knows their role and they can all work together to meet key business goals. Team England really needs a corporate motto. That was a link to our latest
Continue readingFloodlit Test cricket – angry or amazed?
< 1 minute readAmazed. While looking for an image to accompany this post, we discovered that we’d already covered this subject once before. Still, that never normally stops us, so let’s plough on. Give the people what they want That seems a sensible way to market your sport. In England, people don’t particularly
Continue readingRemember Alex Loudon?
< 1 minute readPosh bloke. Played cricket. Retired in favour of a career in ‘business’. Well, apparently he’s even posher than we had suspected. Poshness is largely beyond our comprehension. If you turn your nose up at food that’s been on the floor, you fall into our ‘posh’ category and we struggle to
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