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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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December 14, 2018 Australia / India

Why are India so keen to keep Ravindra Jadeja in his pigeonhole?

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December 13, 2018 Regulars

A cricket being conspicuously indifferent to the Home of Cricket

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December 12, 2018 Australia

Cricket bats are the new coins and we couldn’t be happier

2 minute read

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December 8, 2018 Australia / India

Is it actually possible to play positive cricket by playing defensively?

2 minute read

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December 6, 2018 Australia / India

(Almost) everyone rejoice: India have picked Rohit Sharma for an away Test match again

< 1 minute readIndia have again let Rohit Sharma don white clothing overseas. This is excellent news for fans of explosions in fireworks factories. For context, Rohit averages 85 in Test matches in India, so he’s a brilliant batsman. He also averages 25.75 outside India, so he’s a rubbish batsman. India like picking

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December 4, 2018 England

Why Jack Leach is not ‘better’ than Adil Rashid

7 minute read

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December 2, 2018 Match report

What’s it like to watch cricket at Galle? (Sri Lanka v South Africa match report)

3 minute read

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November 29, 2018 County cricket

Five-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’

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November 28, 2018 Australia

Unbelievably, despite endless elite debate, Australians have once again completely lost track of ‘the line’

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November 27, 2018 England / New Zealand

Total Bits and Pieces Cricket: Is England’s current approach the future or simply the best way for them to do things at the minute?

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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
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  1. Ged Ladd on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    Ollie Pope’s three-figure hair!

  2. Buttface on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    That's one wotsit of a collapse considering what went before 430 for 3 then 41 for 7.

  3. A P Webster on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    No deposit but the glasses did contain a warning to recycle them 'before they self-destruct'. At some point, someone (probably…

  4. D Charlton on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    Big session this

  5. Buttface on Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test seriesJune 21, 2025

    Correction: Should read "...and why does my avatar, etc."

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