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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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September 24, 2019 County cricket

Essex, Somerset, 27 Dresses and “Pou-Pou”

2 minute readThis article is pinned to the top of the page. New articles will appear directly beneath it.

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September 20, 2019 Australia / England

Video: A new angle on a perfectly normal Steve Smith defensive stroke

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September 19, 2019 Australia / England

Stuart Broad v David Warner

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September 18, 2019 Australia / England / Features

2019 Ashes Worst XI – who gets into our composite team?

4 minute readNever mind all those Ashes Best XIs. Who would get into the far more hotly-contested 2019 Ashes Worst XI? 1. David Warner – 95 runs at 9.50 First name on our team sheet even if we weren’t starting at the top and working our way down. If Josh Hazlewood had

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September 17, 2019 Australia / England

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a great Ridiculous Ashes, the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a ridiculous Ridiculous Ashes

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September 16, 2019 Australia / England

Is the Oval Test the most maudlin of all the Tests?

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September 14, 2019 Australia / England

Is Steve Smith finally tired of batting?

< 1 minute readEngland v Australia, fifth Test, day two

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September 11, 2019 Regulars

The impact of Headingley 2019 | I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It

2 minute readI Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It is a semi-regular feature where we ask a fella called Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not.

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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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September 9, 2019 Australia / England

The fourth Test was ridiculous. But exactly how ridiculous?

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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
  • 51. Michael Vaughan Declines A CrushingOctober 29, 2025

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  1. King Cricket on How can you, as an England fan, possibly tolerate this world without skulls?March 28, 2026

    It's a Start Of The Season miracle!

  2. Ged Ladd on How can you, as an England fan, possibly tolerate this world without skulls?March 28, 2026

    Fortunately, my friends in high places have put my mind at ease on this potentially existential crisis in the matter…

  3. Tim on How can you, as an England fan, possibly tolerate this world without skulls?March 26, 2026

    "ECB short of balls" the headlines write themselves But major implications like they say. Umpires will refuse to change the…

  4. Pettsvaldo on How can you, as an England fan, possibly tolerate this world without skulls?March 26, 2026

    "If you’ve suddenly got rockets flying around, you’ve got a major problem" Hegseth-esque analysis, there.

  5. King Cricket on How can you, as an England fan, possibly tolerate this world without skulls?March 26, 2026

    Wonder if they could get their hands on a load of Kookaburras instead. That went down well last year, right?

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