< 1 minute read Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk Sam writes: We arranged to meet for an after work drink and watch the third day of the re-arranged test at the ARG at a pub somewhere in north Surrey. I drove from my office to my friend’s office. I turned off the A3
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A cricket hat on an unusual head
< 1 minute read This is more like it. Pictures of cricket bats and cricket items in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk please. Dan writes: Here is my entry for ‘cricket related things in unsual places’. The item in question is Shane Warne’s hat and the unusual place is ‘on my head’. I’m a primary
Continue readingWest Indies v England at Sabina Park match report
< 1 minute read 668 Neighbour of the Beast writes: Me and my friend opted for the cheap seats. They were only twice as expensive as a cider at the Oval. As a new travelling supporter, I took an England flag newly purchased from the Notting Hill Housing Trust charity shop. We sat near
Continue readingCricket bats that seem like they’re in unusual places
< 1 minute read BUT THEY’RE NOT! We should really have clarified this at the outset. We’d like you to send us pictures of real, actual, tangible cricket bats (or other cricket items) that are genuinely in unusual places. Send your pictures to king@kingcricket.co.uk Kate and Tom sent us this: We have rather a
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< 1 minute read We’re starting a new feature. It’s called Cricket Bats In Unusual Places. We want you to send in pictures of cricket bats in unusual places. Send them to king@kingcricket.co.uk It doesn’t have to be cricket bats – that’s just the name of the feature. It can be anything cricket-related, but
Continue readingICL match report
2 minute read Jrod writes: Like most people at 4pm on a Wednesday, I was watching the ICL. The Bangladeshi World ICL team were playing the Indian World ICL team. Battle of the titans. Mostly I was watching to see how many times the commentators forgot to mention their correct titles and just
Continue readingAlways watch the ball
< 1 minute read On no account stand six feet away from the stumps and watch the blimp instead. Canny bowlers will take advantage.
Continue readingAndrew Strauss miscomprehends Law 41.3
< 1 minute read The batting side only gets five penalty runs added to their total when the ball hits a helmet belonging to the fielding side. You can’t just repeatedly play the ball into your own face and hope to win a match.
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2 minute read We probably should have published this nearer the time when the whole undercutting of the PR hoopla via profound disinterest made more sense. Never mind. Just imagine that it’s Stanford week and you’re sick of it. Miriam writes: The big day started in a bit of a rush as we
Continue readingEngland v South Africa fourth Test match report
2 minute read Price writes: I had taken the Monday off work to allow us to watch some Test Cricket at bargain bucket prices. My Cornish friend who lives in Wiltshire came up on the Sunday. We prayed for rain and the rain duly arrived. In celebration that we would get some play
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