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November 12, 2008 Pakistan

Kamran Akmal slogs some sixes

< 1 minute read We’re worried about Pakistan. No-one will tour there and they’re hardly playing. We don’t want their side to deteriorate. If Pakistan become an unofficial second tier nation, cricket will lose its most wilfully unpredictable team. Pakistan have banned their best batsman and had their best bowler banned for them. You

November 12, 2008 Match report

England v Stanford Superstars match report

2 minute read There’s been a slight case of queue-jumpery here and we apologise. But it is with good reason. Several of you said that you wouldn’t be contributing Stanford match reports because you weren’t watching the match. We asked for Stanford match reports for a reason. We want to document true cricket

November 11, 2008 England / India

England batsmen make no runs – just like in 2006

< 1 minute read Today’s warm-up between England and a random selection of people who live in Mumbai was quite a moment for us here at King Cricket, because England’s last tour of India coincided with the site’s sloppy, gelatinous birth. History repeated itself in more ways than one. During England’s 2006 tour, Matthew

November 11, 2008 Australia / India

Australia vastly inferior to India who are better than everyone

< 1 minute read After winning successive Test series against West Indies, South Africa, South Africa again, Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka, India and West Indies, Australia finally lost away to India and are now ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING at cricket. India’s recent run of losing a series against Australia, drawing one against South Africa, losing one

November 10, 2008 India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has as many Test hundreds as Anil Kumble

2 minute read Anil Kumble hit one Test hundred. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has also hit one. It was 148 against Pakistan. Dhoni should really address that. He’s had a good series with the bat, hitting four fifties, but a hundred or two wouldn’t go amiss. When Mahendra Dhoni first appeared and started slogging

November 9, 2008 Australia / India

Harbhajan Singh batting against Australia

< 1 minute read As often as not this year, Harbhajan Singh has hit a fifty against Australia. Quite literally. He’s had eight innings against them and hit four of the six fifties he’s hit in his entire Test career. He is an improved batsman, but Australia won’t be impressed by that. We’re not

November 7, 2008 Australia / England

Ian Botham says England will win the Ashes

< 1 minute read Ian Botham’s been doing his bluff overconfidence thing again: “What I’ve seen so far, I don’t see as too much of a threat and if England’s bowlers stay fit then they’ll win the series.” This is why Ian Botham was a brilliant cricketer. He lets a few facts seep in,

November 6, 2008 Australia / India

More info about Jason Krejza

< 1 minute read We’re rapidly turning into the authoritative site on Jason Krejza. Here’s what else we’ve gleaned (from comments that have been left on other updates): (1) His brother might well be called George and if he is, he claims to have taught Jason all he knows about cricket. (2) He was

November 6, 2008 India

Sourav Ganguly – Test captain and ODI opening batsman

3 minute read Sourav Ganguly retires after this Test match and a lot of Indians will be incredibly upset to see him go. In other parts of the world, it might not be quite so apparent why he’s so popular. After all, he averages 42.17 in Tests, which is only ‘very decent’ by

November 5, 2008 Match report

Twenty20 finals day 2008 match report

2 minute read 668 Neighbour of the Beast writes: For the purposes of cricket tribalism I wore the Durham black training top – it was very hot – but by bringing along civvies-sporting Kent and Essex fans, I spoiled a good half row of Durham colours. The Durham supporters to the right had