< 1 minute readOnly his angelic side and his demonic side are BOTH cyclopic yellow bears. “Go and buy some honey, Liam.” “Don’t listen to him! Go and steal some honey.”
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Rob Key and Joe Denly POWER UP
< 1 minute readRob Key’s Special Powers are already being passed on to Joe Denly. Kent’s opening pair started the season with a hundred apiece and an opening stand of 225. POWER UP! Whatever Leeds-Bradford UCCE threw at them, Key and Denly countered it with disdain. Harry Gurney: Countered with disdain! Richard Browning:
Continue readingRob Key suffers interminable torment at the hands of England’s selectors and coaches
< 1 minute read“I don’t expect tea and cakes with England selectors and coaches.” So don’t go round to their houses. Come to ours instead. We’ll look after you. We’ve got four different sorts of tea and we’ll make sure we get an even greater array of cakes in especially. We don’t really
Continue readingWill Jefferson, Nottinghamshire
< 1 minute readA lot of our better updates have been about Will Jefferson. This is partly why we’re watching him for the third season in a row. We’re mainly watching him like a child with no concept of what’s socially acceptable though; with our mouth agape, pointing and saying ‘why has that
Continue readingNick Compton, Middlesex
< 1 minute readWith his exotic upbringing, superior air and blonde looks, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Nick Compton wasn’t exactly our cup of tea. And you’d be right. We can’t really remember why we’ve included him now. We remember that there were a number of tricky decisions made when selecting this
Continue readingTim Bresnan, Yorkshire
< 1 minute readWe 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.
Continue readingAdil Rashid, Yorkshire
< 1 minute readWas 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
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< 1 minute readJames 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.
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< 1 minute readPlease 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 readingLiam Plunkett, Durham
< 1 minute readWe 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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