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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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  • October 13, 2025 King Cricket

    14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?

    7 minute readSometimes we do this thing where we sift the summer’s events, pick out the more striking moments and then see

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July 2, 2019 England / New Zealand

Could England spend exactly half a match watching Kane Williamson bat and still win?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 41, England v New Zealand

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June 29, 2019 Afghanistan / Pakistan

Mohammad Nabi’s wicket celebration is our favourite wicket celebration

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 36, Afghanistan v Pakistan

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June 29, 2019 England / India

Pressure + wrist spin = what? Is it time to revert to full pessimism about England’s World Cup prospects?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 38, England v India

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June 28, 2019 Australia / England

Just a reminder that there’s A WHOLE BLOODY ASHES SERIES STRAIGHT AFTER THIS

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June 27, 2019 India / West Indies

What was Chris Gayle’s “diving stop” like?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 34, India v West Indies

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June 25, 2019 Australia / England

Shall we all just agree to blame James Vince for absolutely everything forever?

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 32, Australia v England

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June 23, 2019 New Zealand / West Indies

Carlos Brathwaite v Physics

3 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 29, New Zealand v West Indies

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June 22, 2019 Afghanistan

Let’s try and put Afghanistan’s rate of improvement into perspective

3 minute readIn the second series of Stranger Things, Dustin hears a noise in a bin. Ignoring the spooky music and his own fear, he goes and opens it. Next thing we see is Dustin depositing a small obese newt thing into the tank he normally keeps his tortoise in. He feeds

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June 22, 2019 England / Sri Lanka

Lasith Malinga: the weirdest military medium bowler in the world

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 27, England v Sri Lanka

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June 20, 2019 Australia / Bangladesh

Which ball was the best ball out of Glenn Maxwell’s magnificent 10-ball innings

3 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 26, Australia v Bangladesh

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  1. King Cricket on The 2025 Festivus holding page: The Boxing Day TestDecember 24, 2025

    Given what precedes it, the main activity of the day must presumably be The Nursing of Injuries - both physical…

  2. King Cricket on The 2025 Festivus holding page: The Boxing Day TestDecember 24, 2025

    Now there's a sentiment we can get behind. Thanks. Likewise.

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    I think I may be the most miserable sod to visit this site but I don't wish this bushel to…

  4. Ged Ladd on The 2025 Festivus holding page: The Boxing Day TestDecember 24, 2025

    Daisy and I are off to see the Banksy exhibition this afternoon, so your edict, "don't spray it around too…

  5. King Cricket on The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Ashes – the Choose Your Own Adventure book with no winning pageDecember 24, 2025

    Even if we did do requests (WHICH WE DON'T), we certainly wouldn't turn them around that quickly.

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