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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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May 23, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jonny Bairstow from England’s World Cup squad

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May 22, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jofra Archer from England’s World Cup squad

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May 22, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Moeen Ali from England’s World Cup squad

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May 21, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Eoin Morgan from England’s World Cup squad

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May 18, 2019 England / Pakistan

Did you see Shoaib Malik flat-bat his own stumps like an absolute gimboid?

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May 17, 2019 England

Is a Ben Stokes with a rueful smile a diminished Ben Stokes?

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May 16, 2019 Australia

Matt Renshaw has given a first-hand account of that time he had to retire hurt because of the wild shits

2 minute readMatt Renshaw had to retire hurt because he had the wild shits once. You may remember it because it was an instance of an international cricketer retiring hurt because he had the wild shits. Renshaw spoke about the experience on The Final Word podcast this week. (The Final Word is

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May 15, 2019 England / Pakistan

England are a good one-day bowling side and if you think otherwise, you’re living in the past

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May 9, 2019 England

We know this is maybe missing the point a bit, but that Jofra Archer seems quite a nice lad, doesn’t he?

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May 7, 2019 India

How did Mumbai Indians top the table in IPL 12 after basically being rubbish in IPL 11?

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  • Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thingMay 20, 2025
  • In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis HeadJanuary 30, 2025
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  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025
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  1. Scott on Burgers, noise and handshakes | another World Test Championship final match reportJuly 18, 2025

    Iä! Iä! Cummins fhtagn!

  2. Scott on Burgers, noise and handshakes | another World Test Championship final match reportJuly 18, 2025

    Is the Eldritch Lower a fielding position whose location is steeped in dread horror or a ritual performed by bowlers…

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

    Yeah, sorry I took that the wrong way Ritesh and KC. I’ll go do some penance. Watch a T20 match…

  4. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 18, 2025

    Think Ritesh was expressing his opinion there. Captains are liable to treat themselves extra badly so they can't be seen…

  5. 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…

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