2 minute readTest bowling average v England: 40.61 – what’s not to like? Yes, it’s one of those weird statistics, but Brett Lee actually wasn’t all that destructive in the Ashes. There was theatre and tension every time he came onto bowl, but all that happened was that the batsman thought: “Ooh,
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How we’ll remember Mark Boucher
< 1 minute readWhen someone retires, people are generally supposed to focus on that person’s attributes and this has been particularly true for Mark Boucher after his career was ended by a horrendous incident where a bail cut his eyeball. However, here at King Cricket we don’t have all that much lyrical waxation
Continue readingRemember that England team that couldn’t bat, bowl or field
< 1 minute readWell if this Australia one-day side could run between the wickets, they’d be almost that good. Batting We’ve just got back from the ground, we watched the entire match and we’ve still no idea who the batsmen are. Clarke and Hussey, we guess. There’s also George Bailey who seems to
Continue readingHow are South Africa faring as they begin their tour?
< 1 minute readWe’ll give them one thing: they got into the middle. That’s no mean feat this summer. Other than that, things were as rosy as wet cardboard. They conceded 312-8 against Somerset, despite dismissing Nick Compton for a duck. (His presence might have slowed the run rate a tad, actually). They
Continue readingEngland aren’t the best one-day side but neither are Australia
< 1 minute readA 5-0 win for England in this one-day series would have sent them to the top of the one-day rankings. That would have been as anomalous as “multi-coloured sweets in white sweet pack” to needlessly quote The Fall’s Mark E Smith. That line appears in a song called The Joke,
Continue readingAustralian selector says the batsmen are rubbish
< 1 minute readWell, you know, reading between the lines and joining the dots and making the odd leap and adding a few extra dots – that’s basically what he’s said. John Inverarity’s comments include gems such as: “They’re the best we’ve got.” Which we like to imagine being delivered with a laissez-faire
Continue readingTwo new balls for England
2 minute readThat title refers to the fact that two balls are now used in one-day internationals – one from each end. You could read it as being a reference to the effect this rule change has had on England as well though. It’s often said that using two balls is good
Continue readingAustralia strike back but England strike back back
< 1 minute readEngland got in an early blow ahead of all those Ashes serieses the day before yesterday when Australia selected Steven Smith to bat at six. However, the Aussies have now struck back through not selecting Steven Smith at all. Undeterred, England reacted swiftly and once again hold the advantage after
Continue readingEngland land early blow ahead of all those Asheses
< 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
Continue readingStriking 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
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