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    January 13, 2026 King Cricket

    Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest moment

    5 minute readHarry Brook walked out at 8-3 in England’s first innings in Melbourne. Mitchell Starc ran in and bowled at 145.1km/h.

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  • December 18, 2025 King Cricket

    Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrong

    6 minute readGive us this day our daily treat: 15 to 20 minutes of two 50-something former England captains broadcasting their grey

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  • December 10, 2025 King Cricket

    The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)

    2 minute readIt might seem a little odd to be releasing a podcast about a previous ridiculous Ashes series while the current

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  • November 6, 2025 King Cricket

    The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)

    2 minute readOur book, The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments, has now been officially released. You can (and should) buy it –

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  • October 29, 2025 King Cricket

    51. Michael Vaughan Declines A Crushing

    6 minute readaka The Vaughan Supremacy As we’ve already told you (multiple times) we’ve got a book out, co-written with Dan Liebke:

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January 26, 2020 England

You probably want to talk about Mark Wood or something

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January 22, 2020 England

Joe Denly could become England’s Baron of Balls

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January 16, 2020 England / South Africa

Mark Wood is playing The Entertain Yourselves Test

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January 12, 2020 England

England are nicking all your best ideas and parroting them back to you

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January 9, 2020 England

Did you see Dom Sibley’s face when Zak Crawley palmed that catch straight up?

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January 7, 2020 England

Rory Burns and Dom Sibley could be one of the all-time great aesthetically displeasing opening partnerships

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January 3, 2020 England

Joe Denly is here to play a whole inconclusive career

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January 3, 2020 England

Yes, football is kind of an arsehole, but we can’t really blame it for injuring our cricketers

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January 2, 2020 England

Four-day Test matches diminish the epic scale that is the format’s greatest strength

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December 31, 2019 New Zealand

Neil Wagner: Lord Megachief of Gold 2019

3 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over the previous calendar year. Here are all the winners.

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  • Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest momentJanuary 13, 2026
  • Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrongDecember 18, 2025
  • The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)December 10, 2025
  • The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 6, 2025
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  1. King Cricket on Has Ollie Robinson uncovered a back way into the England Test team?May 7, 2026

    It would be very comical if England looked at that, had a word with the groundsman and then picked a…

  2. Rhys Muir on Has Ollie Robinson uncovered a back way into the England Test team?May 7, 2026

    New Zealand have announced their team and it doesn't include a spinner. So, will jacks will be facing off with…

  3. Ged Ladd on Has Ollie Robinson uncovered a back way into the England Test team?May 2, 2026

    This "Tim" and "Other Tim" business is terribly confusing for old-timers like me. Similarly, reading about Ollie Robinson's exploits at…

  4. The other Tim on Has Ollie Robinson uncovered a back way into the England Test team?May 1, 2026

    From 92-7 to 358-9 declared, that's quite a scorecard. He just needs to take a wicket in the ten minutes…

  5. Ged Ladd on Ralphies, Surrey spin and why winning a game is either the best or worst thing you can do in the County ChampionshipApril 30, 2026

    Indeed. Unfortunately, the Italian cricket team has a dearth of players with names that sound like coffee styles. Marcus Campopiano…

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