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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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  • 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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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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  • 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
  • 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

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  1. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    It continues to be out. As for when it was first out? That's another matter.

  2. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    Wouldn't say that was the full equation, but it does feel like Ted's in there with a few others.

  3. Mike C on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 8, 2025

    Laurence Elderbrook = Ted Dexter!

  4. Chuck on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 7, 2025

    So, is it out today, or what? I wasn't sure, reading the article.

  5. King Cricket on The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)November 7, 2025

    We'd say get stuck into Typhoon and forget about your copy of The Ridiculous Ashes. Ideally forget about it so…

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