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October 9, 2019 Match report

“I had an idea how the day would pan out but I went anyway” – a match report

2 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.

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September 10, 2019 Match report

A match report from a man who claims to have “won the Ashes single-handedly”… in Galle

3 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.

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May 28, 2019 Match report

What was it like to go and see Hampshire v Somerset in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup Final?

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April 23, 2019 Match report

What was it like to watch New Zealand v South Africa at the Basin Reserve? (a match report)

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March 28, 2019 Match report

A legitimate excuse for missing Warwickshire v Kent in County Championship Division Two last year (a match report)

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December 2, 2018 Match report

What’s it like to watch cricket at Galle? (Sri Lanka v South Africa match report)

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October 9, 2018 Match report

A Middlesex Second XI v Lancashire Second XI match report (from 2016)

2 minute readGed writes: The best laid plans, eh? My plan for the day was to have a real tennis lesson at 10am and stay to watch the finale of the Middlesex v Durham match. But Middlesex decided to bring an end to those proceedings the day before. Plan B. Real tennis

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September 5, 2018 Match report

A near-streak match report from Lord’s from when England played India

2 minute readEdwardian writes: I had stayed in London the night before, so got to Lord’s early. I was frisked by a security chap who was pouring with sweat. “Blimey, mate,” I said. “You’ve been on it.” He replied: “It’s the menopause” – a line I suspect he was using liberally. After

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August 6, 2018 Match report

England v Australia ODI at Cardiff – an overview of food, beer and men in odd shirts

2 minute readTom writes: Having not been to Sophia Gardens before, I was a little unsure what to expect. However, having been to international matches before, I knew that I would be at least £60 less well off before I started. Nevertheless, we got in, only to find out they can’t serve

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July 23, 2018 Match report

Essex v West Indies indoctrination of a young mind match report

2 minute readDan writes: My seven year old son looks a demon with the bat in his hands in the back garden, and he actually pays attention when the cricket’s on the TV. He seems to reserve special interest for the Test matches, which is very pleasing. So this summer we signed

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