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June 15, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 5. Paul Collingwood

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. In 2017 we launched a campaign for Paul Collingwood to be included in England’s Ashes squad. No-one was more surprised than us that we’d ended up feeling that strongly about him. There are definitely two ends to

June 12, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 4. Graeme Hick

< 1 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. Graeme Hick was the best batsman in the world and he was going to play for England and England were going to have the best batsman in the world and WHY AREN’T YOU THE BEST BATSMAN IN

June 11, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 3. Rob Key

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. In 2002 Steve Waugh said of Rob Key: “He doesn’t give a shit about much and is real relaxed. I like that in a bloke; it stops him getting overawed.” As someone who at the time didn’t

June 10, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 2. Marcus Trescothick

< 1 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. We’re all expert epidemiologists these days so it’s tempting to think there’s some sort of favourite player infection going on here. Gooch opened with Athers and infected him and then Athers opened with Trescothick and infected him.

June 9, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 1. Mike Atherton

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. Our very first ‘favourite player’ was Graham Gooch, but that’s less significant than it sounds because he stepped into a void. All that happened was we read some kids’ cricket book that had a ‘hall of fame’

June 8, 2020 England

Pick the team you would support the most: The Realm’s England XI

2 minute readIt’s time for another Sim Series. We’re going to do something a little more personal this time. We’re not going to pick the best possible England team. We’re going to pick an XI comprising the England players we liked the most. Actually that’s not 100 per cent accurate. We’re going

June 7, 2020 England / Features

England’s four weirdest Test picks of the last 20 years

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June 6, 2020 England

Test highlights on BBC2 (and iPlayer) – but no more Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special

2 minute readAs reported back in 2017, the BBC are going to be showing the Test highlights this summer, not Channel 5. They’ll be covering the one-dayers too. The news feels kind of irrelevant at the minute, but actually England v West Indies is due to go ahead from July 8. It

June 6, 2020 England / Features

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

4 minute readThe Edge is a 1997 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson and Bart the Bear, a kodiak bear who also starred in Legends of the Fall among other things (actual fact). It is a lost-in-the-wilderness-getting-hunted-by-a-kodiak-bear film. The Edge is also a 2019 documentary about the last England team

June 5, 2020 Features / India

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

4 minute readYesterday we mentioned our grim office job at a company that was dying on its arse. It later occurred to us that Cricket Fever, the Netflix documentary about the Mumbai Indians, might be the reason why this particular slice of our working life had resurfaced uninvited in the ooze of