< 1 minute read Cardiff and Lord’s hosted great Test matches, but the Ashes has really got going at Edgbaston. It’s the crowd. We went on Saturday and much as we love eating sandwiches in the rain, Sunday showed what we missed. It clearly affects the players who were suddenly all very interested in
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Matt Prior – not a pan-handed buffoon
< 1 minute read What is fate there for, if not to be tempted? ‘Hey Fate, come out and play. We’ve got a Bagpuss box-set and a bumper pack of Ryvitas for you. Come on. You know you want to.’ Our point was something about Matt Prior not dropping the ball very often and
Continue readingIan Bell campaign propaganda
< 1 minute read AP Webster from Spun Out writes: I think your bold Ian Bell campaign needs a touch of Obama magic. Here is a poster that is bound to get the message across ahead of the third Test:
Continue readingIan Bell for England – good or bad?
< 1 minute read Knowing our depth of feeling about Ian Bell, you must be desperate to read how we’re going to cover the news that he’s likely to replace Kevin Pietersen for the rest of the Ashes. It’s heated debate like what follows that makes the cricket world tick. Angry that Ian Bell’s
Continue readingThe website is moving in a bold new direction
< 1 minute read You’ve all no doubt noticed that the quality of our writing’s been pretty mediocre over the last few weeks. Maybe it’s the pressure of covering the Ashes. Who knows? Whatever it is, we’ve decided it’s a time for decisive action. KingCricket.co.uk needs a kick up the arse and how do
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff – do England need him?
< 1 minute read We wrote a post about whether England needed Andrew Flintoff, but we’ve deleted it. The gist was: Bifidus digestivum: do we need it? Companies with ‘solutions’ in their name: do we need them? Andrew Flintoff: do we need him? After watching him clatter helmets, wedge in yorkers and shatter stumps
Continue readingThe Andrew Strauss catch of Phil Hughes
< 1 minute read Phil Hughes edged a Flintoff delivery to the slips. Andrew Strauss scooped it up, but did it graze the turf? The umpires didn’t refer it, but if they had have done, Hughes would certainly have been given not out. The heart bleeds. The Australian view is that Hughes would definitely
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff advert
< 1 minute read As in, it’s the advert featuring Andrew Flintoff, not an advert for Andrew Flintoff. Fred pretty much markets himself. They’re selling off the pedalo for charity as well. We’ve always wanted to own a famous pedalo.
Continue readingWhy has Andrew Flintoff retired from Test cricket?
< 1 minute read Have you seen the size of him and the way he bowls? It’s because of that. Andrew Flintoff’s body can get through 30-odd overs in a Test match as easily as it can get through the eye of a needle. We imagine that if you’re Andrew Flintoff, the impact on
Continue readingEngland’s batting collapse in the first Test in Cardiff
< 1 minute read England’s second innings top order batting collapse was pretty piss-poor, but it was just as big a crime to get themselves into that position in the first place. Neither set of bowlers were exceptional in the first Test. The exceptional performance came from Australia’s batsmen, who were sublime. There was
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