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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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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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November 23, 2018 England / India

Who celebrates hundreds more angrily – Jonny Bairstow or Virat Kohli?

4 minute readWhen Jonny Bairstow made his first test ton, he celebrated in such a way that no-one was left in any doubt that this was the Test hundred that his late father, David, never made. If you know the story of Jonny and David Bairstow – and an article like this

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November 23, 2018 England / India

With hindsight, maybe it’s not quite time for India to omit Mithali Raj yet

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November 21, 2018 Australia / England / India / West Indies

World T20: What is the correct number of left-arm finger spinners?

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November 20, 2018 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

On Cricket by Mike Brearley – book review

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November 17, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

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November 16, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

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November 15, 2018 South Africa / West Indies

South Africa just choked in a major tournament and no-one seems to be going on about it

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November 14, 2018 England

If we no longer trust the team selection experts, it’s time to submit ourselves to the wisdom of the hat

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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
  • 51. Michael Vaughan Declines A CrushingOctober 29, 2025

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  1. pettsvaldo on Zimbabwe have blown Australia’s lid off againFebruary 13, 2026

    I feel like the poster child for the "if something goes wrong, never attempt anything like it ever again" approach…

  2. Ged Ladd on Watch out! Rahmanullah Gurbaz has discovered a new angleFebruary 13, 2026

    …and in other intriguing news about orange people/places, USA soundly beat Netherlands (or do I mean Denmark…Iceland…Greenland…) today.

  3. King Cricket on Zimbabwe have blown Australia’s lid off againFebruary 13, 2026

    We have to say, after apparently cracking the Masakadza family's naming system just now, we were very excited to click…

  4. King Cricket on Feel The Thrill: Highlights and lowlights of the official song of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026February 13, 2026

    It has to be said, your version does actually make marginally more sense in that context.

  5. Tim on Zimbabwe have blown Australia’s lid off againFebruary 13, 2026

    'How will Australia ever break Zimbabwe's hold over them in T20?' will be the talk of the cricketing world for…

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