< 1 minute readSeriously, Mark Davies is doing something right. Our ones to watch are worth watching, make no mistake – hence the name. Durham’s 20th choice seamer was given the new ball in the first match of his loan spell at Nottinghamshire. He’s normally more used to handling a malformed ball with
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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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Nicky Boje knows it’s the INDIAN Cricket League, right?
< 1 minute readThe Indian Cricket League is a 20 over league that’s being set up by Zee TV because they don’t have the rights to existing cricket. They’re throwing money at it and signing all sorts of people who are promptly being banned from ‘proper’ cricket in India and Pakistan. One of
Continue readingAjit Agarkar: Seriously, what is the point?
< 1 minute readIf you’re only going to pick four bowlers in a one-day game, you’d think you’d want four good ones. Yet in an era where India’s pace bowling resources have never run deeper, there’s been one conspicuous survivor from an earlier period. Ajit Agarkar. His survival is inexplicable. Even more inexplicable
Continue readingZimbabwe have five players run out
< 1 minute readZimbabwe had five players run out in yesterday’s one-day international defeat against South Africa. We don’t know if it’s some kind of record, but we do know that it’s amateurism. It would seem Zimbabwe are still crap, but in a new and exciting way.
Continue readingEngland wallop India in a one-day game – honestly
< 1 minute readWhat in blazes? What, what… THE DICKENS is going on? An England player scores a one-day hundred. ANOTHER England player scores a one-day hundred. England tot up 288 for the loss of only two wickets. James Anderson bowls at 90mph and takes 4-23. Andrew Flintoff‘s back and he’s also bowling
Continue readingA sign that says ‘moron centre’
< 1 minute readTom says: “This is a picture of me pointing at a sign saying ‘moron centre’ whilst wearing the one-day shirt. Rather apt I think.” This is just the kind of razor-sharp, incisive reportage we expect from our readers. It’s the first in a series of posts here at King Cricket
Continue readingGautam Gamhbir impersonates a cricket ball
< 1 minute readHere we see Gautam Gambhir sidling up to a cricket ball in disguise. [At least we used to, but now the image has been removed…] If Gautam’s deception is successful, perhaps he’ll get to mate with the ball
Continue readingAbdul Razzaq retires
< 1 minute readWizened, 27-year-old, schizophrenic batsman cum solid, dependable bowler, Abdul Razzaq, has retired from international cricket. There are two ways of looking at this. The first way is to say that he’s had a big barny with the Pakistani cricket board. This might have started because he was talking to the
Continue readingDurham win first major competition
2 minute readDurham batted relentlessly against Hampshire in the final of the Friends Provident Trophy. Almost every batsman who came to the crease swatted the ball around with urgency and intent. When Hampshire replied, Ottis Gibson took two wickets with the first two balls of the innings and Durham had done as
Continue readingRob Key inaugurates new site with a fine, fine hundred
< 1 minute readWell that didn’t take long. What is it, our third proper update? Underrated, big-boned, monopoliser of our waking thoughts, Rob Key, hit 153 against Warwickshire today. One prominent expert was moved to comment: “Give him a bat and pelt balls at him from 22 yards away and he’ll binge on
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