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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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February 1, 2019 Extras

Now TV might work out cheaper if cricket’s all you want to watch on Sky Sports

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January 31, 2019 England / West Indies

Did Joe Root get the definitive ‘lifter’ off Alzarri Joseph?

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January 30, 2019 England / West Indies

Joe Denly has fingers that bend

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January 29, 2019 England / West Indies

Let’s take a quick look at the opening innings of some recent England Test tours and also the warm-up matches that preceded them

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January 25, 2019 England / Extras / West Indies

Which Sky Sports commentator delivered the most appropriate ‘England were all out for 77’ face?

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January 22, 2019 England / West Indies

Exactly how many Tests will Jonny Bairstow survive as England’s number three?

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January 17, 2019 England

Does Alastair Cook still say ‘ahm’ every other word now that he’s a professional broadcaster?

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January 16, 2019 Australia

Justin Langer really doesn’t give a toss if everyone in the entire world is making fun of him for using the word ‘elite’ all the time

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January 15, 2019 India

Is MS Dhoni still a great finisher or merely a very enthusiastic witness of finishes?

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January 12, 2019 England

Monty Panesar was on Celebrity Mastermind and it did not go well

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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
  • Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowlerJanuary 16, 2025
  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025
  • Lord Megachief of Gold 2024January 8, 2025

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  1. Tim on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 11, 2025

    I wonder what to call this DRAMA - many people have followed it on the radio for years, involves a…

  2. Rhys on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 11, 2025

    Oh there's DRAMA happening

  3. King Cricket on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 11, 2025

    You and your blinking telekinesis. Get a grip on it, man!

  4. Ged Ladd on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 10, 2025

    Oh dear. It’s confession time. This must have been ALL MY FAULT. I played tennis up to the start of…

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    I have always rather facetiously said that the lasting legacy of Joffra Archer's test career will be the test career…

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