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March 19, 2019 Regulars

Stumps in a Salford toilet

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March 9, 2019 Australia / Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii / England

Rejoice! Cricket 19 is coming out on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and player likenesses are still slightly funny

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March 7, 2019 Extras

Does Harry Kane know how to hold a cricket bat?

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February 19, 2019 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? The Price of Fish by Ian Harris and Michael Mainelli

2 minute readGed Ladd writes: Disclosure: One of The Price Of Fish’s authors, Ian Harris, is my nom d’actualité. I had been invited by the London School of Economics for a video interview around some of the subject matter in the award-winning book, The Price of Fish, A New Approach to Wicked

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February 12, 2019 Extras / Features

Are you David Lloyd’s unoccupied hand when Nasser Hussain is answering a question? Because we are

5 minute readOver time, we’ve become more and more fascinated with one of David Lloyd’s hands. It is the one that hangs by his side when Ian Ward interviews himself and Nasser Hussain at the end of each day’s play on Sky Sports. It is not the one that holds the microphone.

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February 4, 2019 Australia / Extras

Unofficial snack food of the Australian national cricket team

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February 2, 2019 Bangladesh / Extras

The Jason Roy catch: Has any wicket in the history of cricket featured a greater gulf in quality between bowling and fielding?

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February 1, 2019 Extras

Now TV might work out cheaper if cricket’s all you want to watch on Sky Sports

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January 25, 2019 England / Extras / West Indies

Which Sky Sports commentator delivered the most appropriate ‘England were all out for 77’ face?

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December 13, 2018 Regulars

A cricket being conspicuously indifferent to the Home of Cricket

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  1. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    It continues to be out. As for when it was first out? That's another matter.

  2. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    Wouldn't say that was the full equation, but it does feel like Ted's in there with a few others.

  3. Mike C on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    Laurence Elderbrook = Ted Dexter!

  4. Chuck on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 7, 2025

    So, is it out today, or what? I wasn't sure, reading the article.

  5. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 7, 2025

    We'd say get stuck into Typhoon and forget about your copy of The Ridiculous Ashes. Ideally forget about it so…

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