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March 10, 2021 England / Features

Why it is only now dawning on England fans that their team plays way too many games

Turns out people don’t like squad rotation. Not when you call it that anyway. Test Match Special can be a good place to gauge which way the wind’s blowing – and not just because it’s regularly interrupted by the shipping forecast. Earlier this week, Jonathan Agnew wrote a column in

March 8, 2021 Australia / England

Which ridiculous Ashes series should we cover next?

As we’re sure you’re aware, the Ridiculous Ashes – the parallel England v Australia competition we first ran over at Cricket 365 for the 2019 series – is now a podcast. Series 1 was about the 1997 Ashes and we thought you’d like a say on which series we cover

March 5, 2021 England / India

The Rishabh Pant campaign for longer Test series

Here’s a thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. He’s terrible in adverts. Now here’s another thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. In 2018, Pant made 114 in the fifth and final Test at the Oval. In 2019, he made 159 not out in the fourth and final Test at the

March 4, 2021 England / India

How Dom Bess has massively improved his game since he last played

Dom Bess didn’t play the last two games. Joe Root said that he had used the time to work on a few things. We saw some evidence of that today. We’re not quite sure what it is, but we seem to be writing about Dom Bess a lot this winter.

March 3, 2021 Afghanistan / England / India / New Zealand / Zimbabwe

The Dom Bess situation, Afghanistan on your telly + more | Mop-up of the day

The England men’s team are about to play the fourth Test against India, with Dom Bess apparently set to get another game. Meanwhile the England women’s team have started beating New Zealand in a new format, while Afghanistan and Zimbabwe are trying to get in on the current trend for

March 1, 2021 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

A review of an old Xbox 360 cricket game

Semi-regular King Cricket contributor Sam sent us a review for a game he initially said was International Cricket Captain 2020, then clarified was ICC 2010, but which actually turned out to be International Cricket 2010 – a game that we’ve already reviewed. Videogame developers are always mystifyingly keen to use

February 26, 2021 England / India

What Shane Warne’s bowling tactics tell us about spin and the pink ball

Shane Warne said he always used to try and really rip a leg break when he first came on to bowl. This wasn’t to try and dismiss the batsman – although sometimes it did – it was really just to sow a seed of doubt. Warne wanted to maximise the

February 25, 2021 England / India

The best part of Joe Root’s weird-arsed 5-8 v India at Ahmedabad

Busy day. Lots of wickets and even one or two deliveries that didn’t result in wickets. Somewhere in amongst it all, Joe Root took 5-8. For many people, the best part of Root’s spell was the moment when he had 3-0. For other people, the best part was the perfect-o-ball

February 24, 2021 England / India

Maybe it doesn’t matter how many seamers/spinners England picked

It’s always exciting to try and guess what day one talking points will be. When India picked three spinners and England picked one, it seemed like maybe that would be a thing. But you don’t always get to a point where the composition and quality of your bowling attack will

February 23, 2021 County cricket / England / India

So many bowlers, such pink balls, highly questionable invincibility – Mop-up of the day

Welcome to Tuesday. Here are some things people may or may not want to talk about this Tuesday. England beat New Zealand fairly easily Heather Knight’s world champions hadn’t actually played a one-day international since December 2019, but they beat New Zealand in the first of three matches without too

Danish Kaneria or Dane Vilas – who is most Danish?

England’s eight most surprising double hundreds since Graham Gooch’s 333

Why it is only now dawning on England fans that their team plays way too many games

Four of the weirdest eight-fors of the last 25 years (plus one nine-for and one ten-for)

Which of James Anderson’s near-identical reverse-swinging clean bowleds from the same over was the better?

Why it is only now dawning on England fans that their team plays way too many games

Which ridiculous Ashes series should we cover next?

The Rishabh Pant campaign for longer Test series

How Dom Bess has massively improved his game since he last played

The Dom Bess situation, Afghanistan on your telly + more | Mop-up of the day

A review of an old Xbox 360 cricket game

What Shane Warne’s bowling tactics tell us about spin and the pink ball

The best part of Joe Root’s weird-arsed 5-8 v India at Ahmedabad

Maybe it doesn’t matter how many seamers/spinners England picked

So many bowlers, such pink balls, highly questionable invincibility – Mop-up of the day