< 1 minute readWhat 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
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Dropping Mitchell Johnson
< 1 minute readDear Australia, Please retain your erratic kack-hander. His ingenious bowling tactic of surprising the batsman with a delivery that isn’t a full-pitched, legside wide really lends itself to our unsophisticated ‘repeat until funny’ approach to writing a website. We have upwards of 200 “jokes” wherein Johnson grasps at the air
Continue readingIan Bell campaign propaganda
< 1 minute readAP 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 readingShane Warne as commentator for Sky Sports
< 1 minute readAs a commentator, Shane Warne‘s all that’s good about Australians: he’s straightforward, honest and not afraid to say what he’s thinking. Warne’s at his best describing spin bowling, but it’s also fascinating to hear about life in the Australia team. Without actually saying that he thought any particular player was
Continue readingMitchell Johnson finds top form
< 1 minute readMitchell Johnson was allowed seven whole overs against Northamptonshire and didn’t bowl a single wide. Sure, he didn’t take any wickets, but when you’re up against batsmen like Alex Wakely and Riki Wessels, it’s bound to be tough for a bowler. Johnson’s got a really good chance of hitting the
Continue readingMitchell Johnson’s bowling problems
< 1 minute readAustralia coach, Tim Nielsen, has some positive words to say about Mitchell Johnson, who’s currently trying to read this article on the bookcase four feet to the left of his monitor: “It wasn’t like he’d lost confidence and all the things were falling apart and he was bowling 85mph and
Continue readingMiddlesex v Sussex Twenty20 match report
2 minute readSam writes: The ICC Twenty20 Bonanza (or whatever it was called) caught the imagination of the entire world, but more importantly of my girlfriend who suddenly expressed an interest in attending a live match. So off we went to Lord’s on a humid Sunday afternoon for her first proper cricket
Continue readingOne Twenty20 competition in county cricket next season
< 1 minute readThe England and Wales Cricket Board have done the right thing. We can stop posting excrement to them now. We’re not going to. But theoretically, we could stop. We could stop phoning them up and screaming ‘TURMOIL’ in a demon voice when someone answers as well, but this is very
Continue readingIan Bell for England – good or bad?
< 1 minute readKnowing 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 readYou’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
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