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June 6, 2020 King Cricket

Ten important questions after watching the trailer for that new England documentary ‘The Edge’

The Edge is a 1997 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson and Bart the Bear, a kodiak bear
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June 5, 2020 King Cricket

What does your job have in common with playing for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL?

Yesterday we mentioned our grim office job at a company that was dying on its arse. It later occurred to
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June 4, 2020 King Cricket

Breaking down David Warner and Nathan Lyon’s run-out of AB de Villiers – one of the most disrespectful dismissals in history

Many things happened during Australia’s win in the first Test of their ill-fated 2018 tour of South Africa. Some of
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June 3, 2020 King Cricket

Five fantastic, nonsensical or terrible innings that together explain the eternal appeal of Shahid Afridi the batsman

Big thanks to everyone who funds King Cricket via our Patreon campaign. We couldn’t justify spending this much time on
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May 27, 2020 King Cricket

Remembering Murali at the Oval in 98: The match when a true one-off revealed the awe-inspiring extent of his powers

In 1998 Muttiah Muralitharan took 16 wickets in a Test match against England at the Oval. But honestly that isn’t
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May 20, 2020 Features

Two dismissals an innings and over: who was Test cricket’s busiest wicketkeeper?

We don’t write about wicketkeepers very much and that’s wrong. Batsmen and bowlers aren’t the only ones deserving of our

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May 18, 2020 Regulars

Cricket gloves on Cybermen in Doctor Who

Send your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the

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May 15, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Drama on day 5

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 14, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Australia fight hard against unpredictable England attack on day 4

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 13, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Bevan mystery deepens on day 3

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 12, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England middle-order dawdles on day 2

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 11, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England bat first on day 1

Last month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’

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May 7, 2020 Australia / England / Extras

The 1990s-est Ashes Rematch Down Under

Last month we ran The 1990s-est Ashes, an exhibition match between a 1990s England Test XI and a 1990s Australia

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May 6, 2020 Match report

This guy paid £50 for a £300 ticket to go and see England v South Africa at the Oval with some strangers – a match report

Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only interested in what it was like to be at the game, so

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May 6, 2020 Australia / Features

Shane Warne says we were created by aliens – but which ones?

The frustrating thing about reality TV programmes is that when someone says something interesting, there’s no-one there to ask the

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