< 1 minute readEngland today landed a massive blow ahead of all the millions of Asheses that are going to be played over the next few years. This blow will have sent shockwaves through the whole of Australia. The monumentally significant moment came when Australia named their team and revealed that Steven Smith
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Striking the first Ashes blows
< 1 minute readWith 11 Ashes series in the next three years, this one-day series between England and Australia is the only real hors d’oeuvre. It’s just steak and duck breast after this, albeit with slightly more potatoes than you’d probably want in an ideal world. As everyone knows, hors d’oeuvres aren’t for
Continue readingLuke Pomersbach’s done something else
< 1 minute readWhen we saw that Luke Pomersbach had been accused of molesting an American woman before punching her fiancé, we thought ‘Luke Pomersbach has done something else’ – but we couldn’t remember what. Luke Pomersbach HAS done something else. He’s been involved in two stories you’d think we’d have remembered without
Continue readingRegrouping between Ashes series
< 1 minute readLet’s get an early moan in about the five-match one-day series that’s taking place between England and Australia this summer. It’s not just the fact that it’s pointless and elbows aside the build-up to a Test series against South Africa. It also sabotages the experience of watching next year’s Ashes
Continue readingHow many CB Series finals are there?
< 1 minute readThe CB Series features three finals. This fact led to Mark Taylor saying something almost transcendentally stupid while commentating on the second one. To be fair to Tubby, it wasn’t his fault that what he said was stupid, because it actually made sense. It’s the fact that this phrase can
Continue readingLong Test series and dry retching
< 1 minute readThis piece by Ed Cowan is well worth a read, especially if you judge Test cricketers swiftly or dissect techniques, finding fault with minor details. Cowan puts things in perspective. Being a Test cricketer is not so much about being gifted as having the ability to stand still without spontaneously
Continue readingWatch the bail, Ricky
< 1 minute readAs most of you know, this site uses pictures taken by Sarah Ansell. While perusing her site last week, we found this beauty: We like the way the ball is behind his head. As a batsman, it’s never good to have the ball behind your head. This is never more
Continue readingMichael Clarke ain’t all that
< 1 minute readA lot of people are backtracking on Michael Clarke’s captaincy. He was astonishingly unpopular when he got the job – largely on the grounds that he looks like he drinks Smirnoff Ice – but many Australians seem to have warmed to him, what with all the wins and all. On
Continue readingAustralia’s Twenty20 selection policy
< 1 minute readSam writes: Greetings, King Cricket readers. I would like to share some facts with you. Everyone loves a good fact. Here they come. George Bailey is the new captain of Australia’s Twenty20 team He is the first player since Dave Gregory in 1877 to be named captain in his first
Continue readingIndia’s nuts need tightening
< 1 minute readTheir wheel nuts. Don’t be crude. It’s not so much that India keep losing Test matches that’s depressing, it’s the way that they lose them: the wheels keep coming off. In England and Australia, India have collectively averaged 24.5 with the bat and 56.97 with the ball. To put that
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