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September 7, 2023 County cricket

At least Josh de Caires is keeping things unpredictable – unlike Essex

2 minute readYou could definitely have AI report on Essex victories. Or maybe you couldn’t. Maybe the reports would get too samey. How would this latest one go for the win over Middlesex? ChatGPT reckons: “Essex’s opening pair, like a well-rehearsed comedy duo, set the tone for the day. Nick Browne, steady

September 6, 2023 County cricket

Surrey’s Dan Worrall maybe should have become “English” before he was in his 30s

2 minute read“I’ve always had the ambition to play in England as an Englishman,” said Dan Worrall last year, shortly before becoming a ‘local player’ for Surrey thanks to the British passport he was entitled to through his father. It’s gone okay. He may wish he’d done it sooner. County cricket has

September 5, 2023 Ireland / Match report

A Malahide beer tent report (Ireland v India, 2023)

3 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only really interested in your own experience, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. (But if it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.) Thanks to Chuck for this match report and apologies for

August 31, 2023 County cricket

Let’s have a 2023 County Championship catch-up

3 minute readLike many people, we haven’t paid much attention to the County Championship since the first batch of matches finished in May. This was not unexpected. It was, in fact, the plan – as drawn out in our 2023 “essentials” calendar. Back then, table-toppers Surrey had only played six games and

August 30, 2023 Match report

Rudimental at the Hundred finals (a match report)

3 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only really interested in your own experience, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. (But if it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.) Incorrigible King Cricket contributor Ged Ladd writes… Daisy and I

August 28, 2023 County cricket

Did you see… Kate Cross’s deflect-o-run-out of Danni Wyatt?

3 minute readSouthern Brave’s Danni Wyatt played the most significant innings in the Hundred final. It ended the way all good limited overs innings should end – with a slightly chaotic run-out. Kate Cross isn’t exactly from Manchester. She played her formative cricket in Heywood, just a little way north of what

August 23, 2023 County cricket

The Hundred month is almost over already. This is why we never really got a toe-hold with it this year

3 minute readThe Hundred moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Do you know what type of person is very badly qualified to write about cricket scheduling? A cricket writer, that’s who. Anyone who writes about the sport will almost certainly

August 22, 2023 England

Is Ben Stokes definitely a better pick than Harry Brook in England’s World Cup squad?

3 minute readBen Stokes came out of one-day retirement and immediately got picked for England’s World Cup squad. Of course he did – he’s Ben Stokes. Except he’ll be playing only as a batter. While he’s obviously extremely good at batting and capable of innings few others are… is he definitely, definitely

August 18, 2023 Extras

Five reasons we miss Test cricket

5 minute readWe do enjoy limited overs games, because variety is one of cricket’s greatest strengths. However, the action’s all limited to one end of the cricket spectrum, so it offers less variety when ‘consumed’ in isolation. Test cricket has greater scope – a wider range of possibilities – and so that’s

August 16, 2023 Match report

Old Trafford pitch messaging (a match report)

3 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only really interested in your own experience, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. (But if it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.) Bert writes… Last year, the Old Trafford test led to