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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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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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July 18, 2019 Extras

How much did England’s World Cup win raise cricket’s profile? | 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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July 17, 2019 Extras

AB de Villiers spotted in an unusual place (helping get cricket back into London’s parks and commons)

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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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    That would be great. Which county would be best candidate? I'd say Yorkshire would be in with a shout for…

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