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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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June 1, 2019 Afghanistan / Australia

Steve Smith: the most despicable cricketer in the entire world

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May 31, 2019 Pakistan / West Indies

You might want to think about bowling short at Pakistan

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May 30, 2019 England / South Africa

What score should we give that mad Ben Stokes catch?

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May 30, 2019 Extras

Let’s work out which player is going to throw a massive great wobbler at some point during this World Cup

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May 29, 2019 England

Let us tell you about England’s World Cup squad

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May 29, 2019 England

Channel 5 will not be showing highlights of the 2019 Cricket World Cup

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May 28, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Mark Wood from England’s World Cup squad

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May 28, 2019 Match report

What was it like to go and see Hampshire v Somerset in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup Final?

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May 28, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Chris Woakes from England’s World Cup squad

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May 27, 2019 England

Let us tell you about James Vince from England’s World Cup squad

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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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  1. Tim on Watch out! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has discovered a new angleFebruary 13, 2026

    Yes! Sydney schmydney. Go Zimbabwe! Maybe there is a point to this tournament after all

  2. Ged Ladd on Watch out! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has discovered a new angleFebruary 13, 2026

    What a demolition that Italian job was. Those Mosca brothers were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off. “Sydney…

  3. Tim on Watch out! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has discovered a new angleFebruary 12, 2026

    This seems to have been match of the tournament - with Italy's unexpected ten wicket victory close second? But overall…

  4. Ged Ladd on Watch out! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has discovered a new angleFebruary 12, 2026

    Point well made, KC.

  5. Ged Ladd on Feel The Thrill: Highlights and lowlights of the official song of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026February 12, 2026

    I’m doing some truly dull admin this morning, which naturally allowed my mind to wander. I had never actually heard…

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