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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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  • January 8, 2025 King Cricket

    Lord Megachief of Gold 2024

    4 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over

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June 22, 2019 Afghanistan

Let’s try and put Afghanistan’s rate of improvement into perspective

3 minute readIn the second series of Stranger Things, Dustin hears a noise in a bin. Ignoring the spooky music and his own fear, he goes and opens it. Next thing we see is Dustin depositing a small obese newt thing into the tank he normally keeps his tortoise in. He feeds

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June 22, 2019 England / Sri Lanka

Lasith Malinga: the weirdest military medium bowler in the world

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 27, England v Sri Lanka

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June 20, 2019 Australia / Bangladesh

Which ball was the best ball out of Glenn Maxwell’s magnificent 10-ball innings

3 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 26, Australia v Bangladesh

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June 20, 2019 Extras

You can now watch the whole of the rest of the World Cup on Sky Sports for £34 (and you don’t need any extra equipment or anything)

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June 19, 2019 India

Please can we talk about the time Rohit Sharma ate 25 fried eggs in one go?

< 1 minute readIn one respect our latest piece for Cricket 365 is a Rohit Sharma v Virat Kohli comparison sort of thing. At the same time, the bit about how Sharma once ate 25 fried eggs in one go is so overwhelming that you could just as easily say that it’s a

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June 18, 2019 Afghanistan / England

What was Eoin Morgan aiming for?

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 24, Afghanistan v England

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June 18, 2019 Bangladesh / West Indies

Andre Russell really isn’t cut out for bowling and he should probably just stop

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 23, Bangladesh v West Indies

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June 15, 2019 India / Pakistan

When will it rain during the India v Pakistan match?

2 minute read

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June 14, 2019 England / West Indies

Was Fran Wilson’s horizontal diving catch the perfect horizontal diving catch?

3 minute read

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June 13, 2019 Australia / Pakistan

Mohammad Amir: the most intermittently magnificent bowler in the world

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 17, Australia v Pakistan

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  1. Buttface on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    That's one wotsit of a collapse considering what went before 430 for 3 then 41 for 7.

  2. A P Webster on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    No deposit but the glasses did contain a warning to recycle them 'before they self-destruct'. At some point, someone (probably…

  3. D Charlton on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    Big session this

  4. Buttface on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    Correction: Should read "...and why does my avatar, etc."

  5. Buttface on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    I why does my avatar look like a toilet with an exposed brain. I feel belittled.

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