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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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April 23, 2019 Match report

What was it like to watch New Zealand v South Africa at the Basin Reserve? (a match report)

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April 17, 2019 England

Jofra Archer named in special one-man England squad

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April 16, 2019 County cricket / England

Are we talking about Haseeb Hameed or Jack Leach this week?

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April 12, 2019 County cricket / England

Gary Ballance is making hundreds again and you’re going to have to take a position on that

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April 10, 2019 Australia / County cricket

Did Cameron Bancroft just say “the Durham County Cricket Club”?

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April 9, 2019 County cricket

We’re mostly talking about Sam Northeast this week

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April 5, 2019 India

How has Virat Kohli been dealing with his recent inability to lay bat on ball?

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April 4, 2019 County cricket

Stop what you’re doing and pay attention: County cricket is about to slightly start

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April 2, 2019 County cricket

As Cameron Bancroft becomes Durham captain, Mark Wood explains the hierarchy of potential captains

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March 28, 2019 Match report

A legitimate excuse for missing Warwickshire v Kent in County Championship Division Two last year (a match report)

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  • 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
  • 14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?October 13, 2025

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  1. Paul Oakes on The 2025 Festivus holding page: The Boxing Day TestDecember 24, 2025

    Have a great day before the Boxing Day Test, as Gideon Haigh called it. And hopefully a lot of others…

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    All the bestivus.

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    To be clear - these are my plans for the next four weeks

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    In new Zealand as a teacher, this is the time of year where depression meets joy. If things go well,…

  5. 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…

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