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September 5, 2007 England / Regulars

Darren Gough’s sinister offer

It’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.

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August 30, 2007 Pakistan / Regulars

Shahid Afridi puzzles over which glove’s the left and which glove’s the right

[There used to be an image of Shahid Afridi staring at some gloves here] Just try and cram one on. If you haven’t succeeded within two minutes try the same glove ON THE OTHER HAND.

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August 29, 2007 Match report

Kent v Somerset Pro40 match report

A match report, again from Lemon Bella who’s swiftly earning the title of ‘roving reporter (who tends to rove to the same destination)’: I was sat in front of two old ladies who couldn’t read the scoreboard or tell the players apart, so I had to help them fill in

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August 22, 2007 Regulars

A sign that says ‘moron centre’

Tom says: “This is a picture of me pointing at a sign saying ‘moron centre’ whilst wearing the one-day shirt. Rather apt I think.” This is just the kind of razor-sharp, incisive reportage we expect from our readers. It’s the first in a series of posts here at King Cricket

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August 21, 2007 India / Regulars

Gautam Gamhbir impersonates a cricket ball

Here we see Gautam Gambhir sidling up to a cricket ball in disguise. [At least we used to, but now the image has been removed…] If Gautam’s deception is successful, perhaps he’ll get to mate with the ball

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August 16, 2007 County cricket / Match report

Kent v Durham Pro40 match report

Lemon Bella’s sent in another match report: The day started off badly after I had to scrabble around under the seat of my car to find enough change for the car park ticket machine. They’ve put the price up by 50p. On the positive side, I not only found 50p

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