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  • August 5, 2025 King Cricket

    From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test series

    7 minute readNo other sport does all-the-fun-of-the-fair climaxes like cricket. In large part that’s due to the complexity of the game and

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  • May 20, 2025 King Cricket

    Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thing

    6 minute readThose of us chipping away the verdigris have a pretty good idea what an early summer England v Zimbabwe Test

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  • January 30, 2025 King Cricket

    In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis Head

    7 minute readIs there a less showy attacking batter than Australia’s Travis Head? Australia picked a new opener not so long ago

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  • January 16, 2025 King Cricket

    Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowler

    5 minute readWe may or may not have caught up with Mark Wood to talk about his interest in wood. It’s a

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  • January 10, 2025 King Cricket

    23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024

    7 minute readIt was a hell of a year. Probably. Who can honestly remember 12 months’ worth of stuff, let alone assign

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August 2, 2019 Australia / England

England and Australia fans astonished by unexpected outbreak of fairly normal Test match cricket

2 minute readEngland v Australia, first Test, day two

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August 1, 2019 Australia / England

Steve Smith stars in The Day of the Howler

< 1 minute readEngland v Australia, first Ashes Test, day one

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July 31, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part one

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July 30, 2019 England / Ireland

Did you see… Stuart Broad bowl Will Porterfield’s pocket out

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July 29, 2019 Uncategorized

An update on the Patreon crowdfunding idea

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July 27, 2019 England / Ireland

England made almost 10 times as many runs as Ireland in the second innings, but that wasn’t really enough, was it?

< 1 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day three

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July 26, 2019 England / Ireland

Which Somerset spin bowler should England pick as a top order batsman?

2 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day two

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July 25, 2019 England / Ireland

Jonathan Agnew was ‘astonished’ that England were bowled out for 85 by Ireland. Were you?

< 1 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day one

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July 24, 2019 Australia

Which player does Australia really not want to pick?

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July 22, 2019 Extras

We might ask you something. Please can we ask you whether we should ask you that something first?

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  • From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 5, 2025
  • Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thingMay 20, 2025
  • In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis HeadJanuary 30, 2025
  • Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowlerJanuary 16, 2025
  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025

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  1. Rhys on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 9, 2025

    England just need to get through the new ball and then they'll be able to dominate the Australians with the…

  2. Bail-out on From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 8, 2025

    And, along similar lines to what Ged said, applying that attitude to playing conditions more generally would have its benefits.…

  3. Bail-out on From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 8, 2025

    Feeling obliged to do something "for your mates" that you work with day to day, even when it's inherently unsafe…

  4. King Cricket on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 8, 2025

    Well, hence the 'use sparingly'. Archer's shown he still has the capacity to bowl quickly, but not necessarily 20-odd overs…

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    That is assuming that Archer will be bowling 90mph+, and not the 82-85mph he was bowling in his 2nd and…

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