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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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July 10, 2019 Australia / England

A ‘sign’ ahead of the Australia v England semi-final

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final, Australia v England

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July 10, 2019 India / New Zealand

Why umpire Richard Kettleborough’s face was the best thing about MS Dhoni’s run-out

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final, India v New Zealand As you all know, the greatest umpire face of this World Cup was when Jason Roy flattened umpire Joel Wilson and tried to say sorry and Joel Wilson didn’t really feel that the apology was entirely welcome. This one was good

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July 10, 2019 India / New Zealand

No-one can let a run-chase get away from him quite like MS Dhoni

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final, India v New Zealand

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July 9, 2019 India / New Zealand

Is there any chance Kane Williamson’s 95-ball 67 was a good knock?

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final, India v New Zealand

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July 8, 2019 India

Does Rohit Sharma get out more beautifully than anyone else?

2 minute read

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July 2, 2019 England / New Zealand

Could England spend exactly half a match watching Kane Williamson bat and still win?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 41, England v New Zealand

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June 29, 2019 Afghanistan / Pakistan

Mohammad Nabi’s wicket celebration is our favourite wicket celebration

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 36, Afghanistan v Pakistan

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June 29, 2019 England / India

Pressure + wrist spin = what? Is it time to revert to full pessimism about England’s World Cup prospects?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 38, England v India

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June 28, 2019 Australia / England

Just a reminder that there’s A WHOLE BLOODY ASHES SERIES STRAIGHT AFTER THIS

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June 27, 2019 India / West Indies

What was Chris Gayle’s “diving stop” like?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 34, India v West Indies

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  1. Dan on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 18, 2025

    Ritesh, Thanks for the attempted grammar correction but I stand by my original post. In general the original statement from…

  2. Ritesh Banglani on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 18, 2025

    *especially when

  3. Joey Vimsante Poet on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 17, 2025

    Working hard at cricket is tough.

  4. Dan on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 17, 2025

    Even when the captain is himself! :)

  5. Grith on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 17, 2025

    Yup, proof on both sides that you can give captains whatever instructions you want, they will consistently refuse to make…

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