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  • January 13, 2026 King Cricket

    Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest moment

    5 minute readHarry Brook walked out at 8-3 in England’s first innings in Melbourne. Mitchell Starc ran in and bowled at 145.1km/h.

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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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May 1, 2019 England

It sounds like plenty of England players were completely fed up with Alex Hales

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April 30, 2019 England

Shall we try and work out what’s going on with Alex Hales?

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April 26, 2019 England

What the hell? Stuart Broad’s doing a podcast with Stephen Fry

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April 25, 2019 Extras

This is a very, very, very fine piece of work

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April 24, 2019 India

Did you see MS Dhoni fail to hit the ball when Chennai Super Kings only needed two to win?

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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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  • Did you see… Harry Brook’s first ball in Melbourne? Unquestionably the 2025/26 Ashes’ finest momentJanuary 13, 2026
  • 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
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    And the most astonishing thing about Harry Brook potentially becoming Test captain isn't that going out the night before a…

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    A cricketer who can look after himself and a rugby player who are rarely shrinking violets. Get them in the…

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