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July 27, 2009 Australia / Extras

Shane Warne as commentator for Sky Sports

< 1 minute readAs a commentator, Shane Warne‘s all that’s good about Australians: he’s straightforward, honest and not afraid to say what he’s thinking. Warne’s at his best describing spin bowling, but it’s also fascinating to hear about life in the Australia team. Without actually saying that he thought any particular player was

July 27, 2009 Cricket shirts

Cricket T-shirt competition

< 1 minute readWe were supposed to tell you about this competition a few weeks ago, but basically forgot about it. Philosophy Football have launched a philosophy cricket range starting with the words of CB Fry. CB Fry captained Sussex and England; played football for Southampton, Portsmouth and England; equalled the world record

July 26, 2009 Australia

Mitchell Johnson finds top form

< 1 minute readMitchell Johnson was allowed seven whole overs against Northamptonshire and didn’t bowl a single wide. Sure, he didn’t take any wickets, but when you’re up against batsmen like Alex Wakely and Riki Wessels, it’s bound to be tough for a bowler. Johnson’s got a really good chance of hitting the

July 24, 2009 Australia

Mitchell Johnson’s bowling problems

< 1 minute readAustralia coach, Tim Nielsen, has some positive words to say about Mitchell Johnson, who’s currently trying to read this article on the bookcase four feet to the left of his monitor: “It wasn’t like he’d lost confidence and all the things were falling apart and he was bowling 85mph and

July 24, 2009 County cricket / Match report

Middlesex v Sussex Twenty20 match report

2 minute readSam writes: The ICC Twenty20 Bonanza (or whatever it was called) caught the imagination of the entire world, but more importantly of my girlfriend who suddenly expressed an interest in attending a live match. So off we went to Lord’s on a humid Sunday afternoon for her first proper cricket

July 23, 2009 County cricket

One Twenty20 competition in county cricket next season

< 1 minute readThe England and Wales Cricket Board have done the right thing. We can stop posting excrement to them now. We’re not going to. But theoretically, we could stop. We could stop phoning them up and screaming ‘TURMOIL’ in a demon voice when someone answers as well, but this is very

July 23, 2009 England

Ian Bell for England – good or bad?

< 1 minute readKnowing our depth of feeling about Ian Bell, you must be desperate to read how we’re going to cover the news that he’s likely to replace Kevin Pietersen for the rest of the Ashes. It’s heated debate like what follows that makes the cricket world tick. Angry that Ian Bell’s

July 22, 2009 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

International Cricket Captain 2009 review

3 minute readHow’s it work then? You captain/coach either a county side, an international side or both. You train your players, select your team, make your bowling changes, tell them where to bowl, position your field, gauge how much to attack with the bat, decide when to take the new ball –

July 22, 2009 England

The website is moving in a bold new direction

< 1 minute readYou’ve all no doubt noticed that the quality of our writing’s been pretty mediocre over the last few weeks. Maybe it’s the pressure of covering the Ashes. Who knows? Whatever it is, we’ve decided it’s a time for decisive action. KingCricket.co.uk needs a kick up the arse and how do

July 21, 2009 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

International Cricket Captain 2009 free download

< 1 minute readYou can download the latest version of International Cricket Captain for free here. It’s a two day trial version, but you can get a code after that and play the full version. Or you can buy it from Amazon for just £9.50. Initial impressions are that changes are minimal, but