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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.
August 17, 2007 County cricket

Rob 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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August 17, 2007 County cricket / England

Adil Rashid hits maiden first-class hundred

< 1 minute readWith England fans understandably looking beyond the imminent one-day drubbing at the hands of India, the search for a second spinner for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka is truly on. What better time for Adil Rashid to hit his maiden first-class hundred against Worcestershire. The dominant view at present

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August 16, 2007 County cricket / Match report

Kent v Durham Pro40 match report

< 1 minute readLemon Bella’s sent in another match report: The day started off badly after I had to scrabble around under the seat of my car to find enough change for the car park ticket machine. They’ve put the price up by 50p. On the positive side, I not only found 50p

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August 16, 2007 County cricket

Mark Davies loaned to Nottinghamshire

< 1 minute readBlond-maned, Nordic-looking understated overachiever from Durham, Mark Davies, has been loaned out to Nottinghamshire, who are suffering with injuries in their pace corps. Our bet is that he’ll be a wow for Notts. A wow, you hear. A wow. Mark Davies will be one wow. This is great news for

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August 15, 2007 Extras

Welcome to the new all-singing, all-dancing King Cricket

< 1 minute readWe never sing. We never dance. What do you think then? You think that it’s ‘much the same’ don’t you? You’d be right. Why not test out the comments though by offering a thought or two. Ideally not all of those thoughts would be negative, but we’re man enough to

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  1. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 29, 2025

    Not sure about staying signed in. We're generally logged in, so we don't really get a reader's eye view of…

  2. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 29, 2025

    There's no word limit. Ramble on, as Led Zep would say.

  3. Impotent Ditherer on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 29, 2025

    I have a feeling long winded comments about nothing in particular will be a feature of my commenting by the…

  4. Impotent Ditherer on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 29, 2025

    Thanks, I have been trawling through the records for a little while, but couldn’t find it. More pertinently to this…

  5. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 29, 2025

    More on Warne if you feel a bit short changed by that: https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/shane-warne-the-greatest-foe/2022/03/23/

RSS Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket

  • A cat continuing to maintain almost ostentatiously conspicuous indifference to cricket
  • Conspicuous indifference to Dan Lawrence’s gyrations from a human being
  • Is Winter (the cat) truly indifferent to cricket?

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