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October 13, 2020 India

Halfway through the IPL, incontrovertible PROOF that team kit colour is a perfectly sensible way to predict which team will win a T20 league

At the start of the IPL, we tried to predict who would win based on what word-jazz artist Ken Nordine had said about the various team kit colours in his deep, resonant voice back in 1967. Some of you may have felt that this was not a sensible way to

October 12, 2020 Regulars

A cricket helmet on an Indian police officer

Send your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the cricket thing in the unusual place yourself. (In fact we actively encourage it – we don’t get anywhere near enough of those ones.) The other day Aju John got in

October 8, 2020 India

Is Nita Ambani still sapping Mumbai Indians’ will to live with all that team bonding cobblers?

The 2020 IPL is being played in the UAE. As far as we are aware, Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani is not in the UAE. This begs a question. Is Nita Ambani still sucking life from her players through mandatory and dispiriting and unnecessary team bonding shit? You know the

October 7, 2020 Australia

Linewatch: A mankad-related clarification from the official custodians of ‘The Line’

The exact location of ‘The Line‘ is extremely easy to identify if you’re an Australian cricketer. Everybody else needs a bit of a steer. Fortunately, we are here to help you out. Welcome to Linewatch. As we all know, the Australian cricket team is responsible for dictating the location of

October 6, 2020 County cricket

When did Keaton Jennings turn into Napoleon Dynamite?

This is a rhetorical question, because even without research we know the answer is ‘during lockdown’. Isabelle Westbury reckons Keaton Jennings has gone Gower, but that isn’t quite right, is it? Keaton’s mane is more luxuriant than Gower’s. The truth is that Keaton has thought to himself: ‘Girls only like

October 2, 2020 Regulars

A cricket bat in the hands of a German nihilist

Send your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the cricket thing in the unusual place yourself. Thanks to Chris for reminding us of a cricket bat in an unusual place – in the hands of a nihilist in The

October 1, 2020 Extras / Features / India

Our very favourite thing about Netflix’s Cricket Fever: Lasith Malinga lurking in the background of every scene like a highly conspicuous ghost

We’ve finished watching Cricket Fever, Netflix’s documentary series about Mumbai Indians’ 2018 IPL campaign. It’s good, and personal experience revealed that even people who don’t especially like cricket may well enjoy it. It’s not a huge and revelatory experience or anything, but we’d say that people who don’t normally enjoy

September 30, 2020 England / Features

Which England all-rounder has the worst record as captain – Botham, Flintoff or Stokes?

Tony Greig captained England 14 times and managed three wins – all of them in India in a series victory. But we’ve already said too much, because there is only one rule when you talk about England all-rounders, and that is that you must always neglect to mention Tony Greig.

September 28, 2020 County cricket

Was it tantamount to cheating for Essex to have Alastair Cook in the Bob Willis Trophy final?

Essex won the Bob Willis Trophy because they scored more first innings runs than Somerset in the final. Essex made 337-8 and Somerset made 301. Alastair Cook scored 172. Only one other Essex player passed 30. There is something satisfying about this; the idea that the best players are very

September 24, 2020 County cricket

You can watch (and rewatch) the whole of the Bob Willis Trophy final for free – including rain delays

The Bob Willis Trophy final between Somerset and Essex is taking place this week. There were only 44 overs yesterday, but that’s okay because it’s a five-day game. The big news is that you can watch it. Sky Sports, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the BBC are all

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Which Australia player was least happy about rewatching their Headingley 2019 nightmare?

Our very favourite thing about Netflix’s Cricket Fever: Lasith Malinga lurking in the background of every scene like a highly conspicuous ghost

Which England all-rounder has the worst record as captain – Botham, Flintoff or Stokes?

Let’s use Ken Nordine’s word jazz album ‘Colors’ to work out who’s going to win the 2020 IPL

Halfway through the IPL, incontrovertible PROOF that team kit colour is a perfectly sensible way to predict which team will win a T20 league

A cricket helmet on an Indian police officer

Is Nita Ambani still sapping Mumbai Indians’ will to live with all that team bonding cobblers?

Linewatch: A mankad-related clarification from the official custodians of ‘The Line’

When did Keaton Jennings turn into Napoleon Dynamite?

A cricket bat in the hands of a German nihilist

Our very favourite thing about Netflix’s Cricket Fever: Lasith Malinga lurking in the background of every scene like a highly conspicuous ghost

Which England all-rounder has the worst record as captain – Botham, Flintoff or Stokes?

Was it tantamount to cheating for Essex to have Alastair Cook in the Bob Willis Trophy final?

You can watch (and rewatch) the whole of the Bob Willis Trophy final for free – including rain delays