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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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  • August 27, 2025 King Cricket

    Cheteshwar Pujara is trying to sidle out on the sly – but we ain’t gonna let him, are we?

    7 minute read“It’s going to be hot. It’s going to be flat. Who’s going to break first? Is it going to be

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  • August 21, 2025 King Cricket

    A 21st Century Worst XI for an Ashes Down Under

    8 minute readEveryone loves a Combined XI. Yeah, sure, it’s usually a Best XI, but in these parts we deal in Worst

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  • August 5, 2025 King Cricket

    From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test series

    7 minute readNo other sport does all-the-fun-of-the-fair climaxes like cricket. In large part that’s due to the complexity of the game and

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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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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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March 19, 2019 Regulars

Stumps in a Salford toilet

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March 14, 2019 Afghanistan / Ireland

Looks like you’ll be able to watch the Afghanistan v Ireland Test on YouTube

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March 12, 2019 England

David Willey’s Alice band has given us an awful lot to think about this week

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March 9, 2019 Australia / Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii / England

Rejoice! Cricket 19 is coming out on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and player likenesses are still slightly funny

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March 7, 2019 Extras

Does Harry Kane know how to hold a cricket bat?

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March 6, 2019 England / West Indies

That Chris Jordan caught and bowled: Can anyone explain the physics to us?

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  • 14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?October 13, 2025
  • Cheteshwar Pujara is trying to sidle out on the sly – but we ain’t gonna let him, are we?August 27, 2025
  • A 21st Century Worst XI for an Ashes Down UnderAugust 21, 2025
  • From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 5, 2025
  • Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thingMay 20, 2025

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  1. King Cricket on Cummins, coffee, Christmas? Broad, beer, bog? Some FAQs about The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes MomentsOctober 22, 2025

    Not at all the point here, we know, but Halifax is an underrated destination.

  2. Ged Ladd on Cummins, coffee, Christmas? Broad, beer, bog? Some FAQs about The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes MomentsOctober 22, 2025

    My own first book had similar qualities, both in content (yes, toilet) and medium (shiny paper). But please don’t make…

  3. King Cricket on Cummins, coffee, Christmas? Broad, beer, bog? Some FAQs about The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes MomentsOctober 22, 2025

    We've got to be honest, it's pretty shiny. (Did we mention the full colour photography?) Wouldn't recommend.

  4. Ged Ladd on Cummins, coffee, Christmas? Broad, beer, bog? Some FAQs about The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes MomentsOctober 22, 2025

    Come off it, KC. You know what questions people are REALLY asking when they pose Question 6: Is the ink…

  5. Tim on Knightmare: But the only way is onward after Heather’s “ooh nasty” yearOctober 22, 2025

    Thanks for the methodical reply, Ged. I am now entangled in the relevant Wikipedia page and making some progress towards…

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