< 1 minute readWe sometimes wonder, because in a way, it’s when Test cricket’s shown at its best. No-one’s actually playing, but the fact that we still have so much to talk about despite that highlights what makes Test cricket better than every other sport. Even luge. Will the humidity in Brisbane aid
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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.
Links to some non-cricket writing and a bit more background here.
Someone somewhere is under our influence
< 1 minute readWe don’t know who it is, but we’d quite like to hear from them. AskMen has named King Cricket one of the 10 most influential cricket blogs. Make of that what you will. We don’t know how we’re influencing people. Maybe we’re responsible for the age of apathy.
Continue readingThe Wisden Cricketer newsletter
< 1 minute readAs none of you know, we write The Wisden Cricketer’s weekly email, which we believe we’re obliged to describe as ‘irreverent’. We have done over a hundred instalments now, so we’re a bit late telling you about this. If you’ve ever thought to yourself: “I like the King Cricket website,
Continue readingChris Gayle Graham Gooches it
< 1 minute readChris Gayle didn’t make it to 400. People might think that just because a batsman’s hit 333, he’s more than likely to get another 67, but it doesn’t work like that. Batsmen aren’t robots. They get knackered. Batting isn’t like triathlonnery, but it is tiring and it does go on
Continue readingAustralian cricketing cragginess Venn diagram
< 1 minute readIt’s the feature that never took off! There’s a smooth-skinned, hairless-chested quality to the Aussie team these days, although we’ve high hopes that Peter Siddle will one day attain the status of ‘gnarl dog’. For the record, Simon Katich is merely ‘hairy’.
Continue readingA Test double hundred must be quite good fun for Chris Gayle
< 1 minute readStill a man defined by his ‘wouldn’t be so sad if Test cricket died’ pronouncement, Chris Gayle can’t help but have enjoyed hitting a double hundred against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle. All those gaps in the field, plenty of overs in which to keep swishing –
Continue readingAustralia selectors don’t know what they’re doing
< 1 minute readUp until now we’ve thought some Australians have been harsh on their selectors. You can’t blame the selectors for the options they have to choose from. It doesn’t matter who orders on your behalf in McDonald’s, you pretty much know what you’re going to get. However, after making a big
Continue readingMedia cheat sheet for England cricketers
< 1 minute readThe Ashes is all about propaganda, so we have produced a handy media cheat sheet for England’s cricketers. It is over at Cricinfo. The article currently seems to be ‘big on Facebook’. We’re not on Facebook, so we don’t really know what that means. As far as we can tell,
Continue readingStraight Outta Surrey – cricket, Received Pronunciation and hip hop, together at last
< 1 minute readHave you ever thought to yourself how hip hop music could be improved if the artists used Received Pronunciation and made tracks about cricket? Thought so. Thanks to Vil for pointing us towards this and apologies to those of you who knew about Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer already and
Continue readingKing Cricket’s favourite cricketer
< 1 minute readWe contributed to The Wisden Cricketer’s ‘My Favourite Cricketer’ section earlier in the year (think it appeared in the July issue). Did we ever point you towards it? We don’t think we did. Our favourite cricketer is not who you think it is. It’s actually Waqar Younis. We’re quite proud
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