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June 15, 2022 King Cricket

What Jonny Bairstow’s Kingsman church scene innings tells us about the ‘throwing off the shackles’ cliché

5 minute read Violence is great, isn’t it? Violence is so much fun. We greatly enjoyed Jonny Bairstow, at Trent Bridge, with a
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April 27, 2022 King Cricket

Five Test wicketkeepers who quite often didn’t actually do any wicketkeeping

6 minute read If you want to be highly regarded as a wicketkeeper-batter, one of the smartest things you can do is not
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April 6, 2022 King Cricket

This is the way the county cricket season begins, not with a bang – and we’re happy with that

4 minute read Not every tournament needs an opening ceremony. We’ll let you in on a secret. We are not a fast waker-upper.
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April 5, 2022 King Cricket

Separate teams? What might a world of cricket format specialists actually look like?

9 minute read Way, way back in 2006, in our first year of writing this website, we described the international fixture list as
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March 23, 2022 King Cricket

Shane Warne: The greatest foe

6 minute read No man is an island and no team is either. The team you support is only part of the equation.
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June 22, 2007 Extras

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June 22, 2007 Extras

Royal Highlights

< 1 minute read Picture posts Stanford 20/20 VIP party Monty and Afridi’s Ashes prediction First day of the cricket season: A photo journal KP’s magic watch harnesses the power of the sun Getting cricket scores in Italy Cricket stock photography Jaffa Cakes as sports snack – a shocking exposé Lies about pictures More