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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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August 15, 2019 England

Which England player would complete the most unexceptional Test batting line-up in history?

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August 14, 2019 Extras / Features

The greatest bits and pieces and cricketers of all time

< 1 minute readAt the time of writing, it looked rather like Lord’s was going to get its traditional Thursday start to a Test match after all. Maybe the skies will unbruise, but until they do, here’s a thing we wrote for The Cricket Monthly a few months back about bits and pieces

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August 13, 2019 Australia

Justin Langer is an inconsistent disciple of “dueness”

< 1 minute readGather round everyone. You’re not going to believe this. Turns out Justin Langer is one of those people who believes that a batsman failing to make any runs is a good thing because it means that he’s “due”. Unbelievable, isn’t it? A massive surprise. Justin Langer. Who would have thought

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August 12, 2019 England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part two

< 1 minute readHow burnt-out is Joe Root right now?

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August 10, 2019 Regulars

Stanley being conspicuously indifferent to the Ashes

< 1 minute readIf you’ve got a picture of an animal being conspicuously indifferent to cricket, send it to king@kingcricket.co.uk.

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August 9, 2019 Extras

The Edge cinematic match report (in other words, a review)

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August 8, 2019 England

Moeen Ali’s leaving

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August 6, 2019 Australia / England

Forget the “official” result – England have actually taken an early lead

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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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  • 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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