< 1 minute read We saw Tim Bresnan looking out of his depth for England at Old Trafford for one of his four one-day international matches. The crowd didn’t think much of him. He took 0-58 off eight overs. Fortunately for him, Kabir Ali went for 77 off ten, so he didn’t stand out.
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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.
Can Steyn, Ntini and Morkel prey on mental frailties?
2 minute read We only ask because if they get good at it and develop a taste for it, they’re touring England in the summer. England’s batting line-up is currently supporting the entire sports psychology higher education programme in this country. South African coach, Mickey Arthur, says that Steyn, Ntini and Morkel are
Continue readingAdil Rashid, Yorkshire
< 1 minute read Was it really as far back as August 2006 that we tipped Adil Rashid? Tipped him to be a great player, that is – we didn’t incline him away from the perpendicular or anything. He was one to watch last year as well and justified his inclusion. There are so
Continue readingA B de Villiers reckons batting isn’t so hard on this pitch after all
< 1 minute read Vehement letter C denier, A B de Villiers, is currently 217 not out, which knocks India’s 76 all out into a cocked hat. A B de Villiers is young and richly talented. Let’s invite him round for tea but then pretend that we all thought he was a vegan. Then,
Continue readingTypical Fidel Edwards
< 1 minute read Burns in, takes 3-18, tricks you into thinking he’s finally arrived as a fast bowler, then takes 0-32 in his next spell and finally ends up with those same three wickets for about 120. Stupid, round-armed short-arse. Tillakaratne Dilshan’s saving Sri Lanka with 58 not out off 57 balls. We
Continue readingSteven Finn, Middlesex
< 1 minute read James Harris is the cool England Under-19 opening bowler at the minute, on account of making a great start to his first-class career at the age of just 17. But here at King Cricket, we’re anything but cool, so we’re going for the other England Under-19 opening bowler, Steven Finn.
Continue readingIndia’s seventh lowest total in Test cricket
2 minute read All out for 76 in the morning session of day one. Eye-catchingly disgraceful. At just 120 deliveries, this was also the 12th shortest innings in terms of balls faced for any side in Test history. In recent times, only England’s 46 all out against the Windies at Port of Spain
Continue readingSteven Davies, Worcestershire
< 1 minute read Please let Steven Davies be the end to the to-ing and fro-ing of England wicketkeepers. At 21, he’s got years on most of his rivals and he’s virtually matching all of them for runs and wickets. If he can improve and stand head and shoulders above everyone as the standout
Continue readingShoaib Akhtar “banned” again
2 minute read The hyper-extensible elbows, double joints, injuries and banned substance-taking couldn’t stop Shoaib Akhtar. Unfortunately, the one thing he’s never been able to protect himself against is his own idiocy. Shoaib misses matches for a million reasons, the million-and-first reason, his mouth, is the biggest problem. If only someone could have
Continue readingLiam Plunkett, Durham
< 1 minute read We think Liam Plunkett’s still worth watching. He’s 23 this week. It’s a little bit early to be discarding him. Ordinarily a promising young English seam bowler could expect to spend the winter with what was the England A team and is now the England Lions. Plunkett did so, but
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