England / India

Rahul Dravid’s cool destruction

< 1 minute readSome observers seemed surprised by Rahul Dravid‘s innings of 92 off 63 balls as India won the second one-day international yesterday. Why? Dravid’s more than capable of doing this. People get blinded by his careful approach to Test cricket, but he only plays like that because he thinks that’s the

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Extras

Always play a spinner

< 1 minute readAlways play a spinner. Always. Always, always, always. It offers variety; a change of pace that might unsettle the batsman. Maybe the odd ball will turn more than you think. Or maybe – just maybe – a batsman who’s untroubled by pace will, for some inexplicable reason, be totally unable

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India

Ajit Agarkar: Seriously, what is the point?

< 1 minute readIf you’re only going to pick four bowlers in a one-day game, you’d think you’d want four good ones. Yet in an era where India’s pace bowling resources have never run deeper, there’s been one conspicuous survivor from an earlier period. Ajit Agarkar. His survival is inexplicable. Even more inexplicable

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Regulars

A sign that says ‘moron centre’

< 1 minute readTom says: “This is a picture of me pointing at a sign saying ‘moron centre’ whilst wearing the one-day shirt. Rather apt I think.” This is just the kind of razor-sharp, incisive reportage we expect from our readers. It’s the first in a series of posts here at King Cricket

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