King Cricket

2 minute readWill Smith just got off the mark from the 43rd delivery he faced. Hampshire are currently careering along at 1.25 runs an over knowing that the rain that has hit the rest of the country will soon arrive in Manchester. So far, this round of County Championship matches has been

< 1 minute readCounties or franchises? Let’s discard both and instead play endless North v South matches. Imagine the crowds. Nothing gets people in like a rivalry and this new series has the potential to divide the nation. They’ll have to properly define North and South first, but all it will take is

< 1 minute readAt least last time around someone won. Halcyon days. Out of the three draws in the latest round of matches, the points scored ranged from Middlesex’s 10 to Warwickshire and Surrey’s 13. Surrey v Somerset was the only fixture to reach the fourth innings and Durham v Middlesex didn’t even

< 1 minute readThe modern world is in thrall to the list. Everything has to be ranked. Everyone has this urge to say who’s better than whom, which innings was better than which, and which bowling performance was the greatest of all time. They even abbreviate ‘greatest of all time’ to GOAT these