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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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April 5, 2019 India

How has Virat Kohli been dealing with his recent inability to lay bat on ball?

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April 4, 2019 County cricket

Stop what you’re doing and pay attention: County cricket is about to slightly start

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April 2, 2019 County cricket

As Cameron Bancroft becomes Durham captain, Mark Wood explains the hierarchy of potential captains

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March 28, 2019 Match report

A legitimate excuse for missing Warwickshire v Kent in County Championship Division Two last year (a match report)

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March 27, 2019 Extras

We watched the first episode of Cricket Fever, the Mumbai Indians documentary on Netflix. These are the three big highlights

2 minute readCricket Fever is a Netflix documentary about the Mumbai Indians’ 2018 season. So far we’ve only watched the first episode, but we have watched it twice, so you can trust us that these are the big highlights. 1. Every moment of Akash Ambani Akash’s parents, the multi-billionaires Mukesh and Nita

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March 26, 2019 England / India

Is Jos Buttler asking for a mankad?

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March 23, 2019 Extras

Dwayne Bravo has a new list-of-things-he-likes-set-to-music out

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March 22, 2019 Australia

David Warner’s beard is probably worth talking about at least just a little bit

< 1 minute readDavid Warner looks like the top half of his head spent a year at home and the bottom half of his head spent a year in the literal wilderness. The top half of the head has been drinking frappuccinos and eating plenty of vegetables. The bottom half of the head

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March 21, 2019 India

Delhi Daredevils have become a great deal more risk-averse

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March 20, 2019 England / South Africa

Duanne Olivier says he wants to play for England now

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  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025
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  1. Balladeer on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 29, 2025

    Leicestershire!!!!! That's my informed comment on the matter.

  2. daneel on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    Seems as good a time as ever to talk about Division 2 stuff, if you ask me. I don't understand…

  3. Ged Ladd on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    I owe you a debt of gratitude, KC. I really didn’t have the faintest idea that England are playing an…

  4. King Cricket on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    That last point hadn't occurred to us, but you're right. Maybe the bad juju's spilled over and crossed the A56.

  5. Alec on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    I mentioned to George Dobell on the Awful Place that Smith as an opener is not that bad or unprecedented…

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