< 1 minute readOne to watch veteran, Mark Davies, has finally been called into the England squad. If he plays a Test, it is not acceptable to use mundane exclamations like ‘well bowled!’ The obvious substitutes are ‘hammer of Thor!‘ and ‘great Odin’s raven!‘ but if you tire of shouting those, here are
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Beware the fury of Sussex County Cricket Club
< 1 minute readThe BBC are reporting that Sussex are furious with Surrey because the latter approached one of their players. Sussex chairman, Jim May, was red-faced with fury, ranting: “The approach is unwelcome and the timing very unfortunate.” Peppering the interviewer with flecks of spit and bile, May’s rage later reached its
Continue readingShakib signs for crap second division county
< 1 minute readWe’d sooner Shakib Al Hasan had signed for a first division county, but don’t underestimate the significance of a Bangladeshi clambering aboard the treadmill. It means that while they might be three-and-a-half years late, Worcestershire have cottoned on to the fact that this is a good player – despite the
Continue readingReviews of No Boundaries by Ronnie Irani
< 1 minute readAt what point does a book become so bad that you actually find yourself wanting to read it? There are some great reviews of Ronnie Irani’s book, No Boundaries, on Amazon: “I once bought a Man United shirt with the name of Keith Gillespie on the back days before the
Continue readingIt’s almost as if next season’s English domestic one-day tournament isn’t uppermost in your minds
< 1 minute readIf we let every wall of indifference we came up against stop us, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Admittedly we’re nowhere today, but we’ve got over more than our fair share of walls of indifference to get here. We’re sensing a wall of indifference from King Cricket readers
Continue readingCounty cricket 40-over one-day tournament format
< 1 minute readThe ECB Recreational XI are the 21st side involved in county cricket’s 40-over competition next year. They were needed because how else could you have three leagues of seven teams playing each other home and away with the winners of each league and the best second-placed side going through to
Continue readingName the ECB Recreational XI
< 1 minute readThe ECB got all their figures wrong for next year’s 40-over tournament and found they were one team short. They’ve solved this by creating the ‘ECB Recreational XI’ – a provisional name for a side made up of cricketers without county contracts. Being as the ECB Recreational XI is a
Continue readingStephen Moore embiggens himself
< 1 minute readThere’s a great interview with Lancashire’s new signing Stephen Moore on the ECB site. If you didn’t know anything about him, you’d come away thinking he was being unfairly kept out of the England side. It’s littered with comments about how he’s ‘ready’. One of our favourite bits is the
Continue readingRob Key Surrey rumour falsely monged
< 1 minute readThat’s the last time we’re monging a rumour – even one about Rob Key. We apologise for our ill-advised mongery and promise it won’t happen again. You live the life of a rumour mongerer and you die like a rumour mongerererer: in the wrong. By the way, we’ve heard that
Continue readingWhat is Matthew Hoggard?
< 1 minute readMatthew Hoggard has been released by Yorkshire. He was offered a contract at the start of the season and it sounds to us like he weighed it up for a bit too long. Hoggard’s understandably pissed off about this, because after 15 years at Yorkshire, he hasn’t had a chance
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