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June 22, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 10. James Anderson

< 1 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. Once upon a time we worked on a helpdesk for those credit card type machines you get in shops where people top up their electricity and gas and pay-as-you-go mobile phones, back when going to a shop

June 19, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 9. Steve Harmison

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. We were watching a Sky thing the other day where Steve Harmison was reflecting on his career. At around the point that he became the number one ranked Test bowler, he went on tour to South Africa

June 18, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 8. Darren Gough

< 1 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. Darren Gough at eight is… well, it’s not great, is it? Except it is, because it means Darren Gough is in the team. Gough is in some ways the prototype for players we emotionally invest in. Firstly,

June 17, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 7. Matt Prior

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. We’ve got to be honest, there was more competition for some spots in this team than there was for others. This is entirely unsurprising. After all, you only ever play one wicketkeeper at a time. We did

June 16, 2020 England

The Realm’s England XI – 6. Andy Flintoff

2 minute readWe’re picking an England XI comprising the players we invested in the most. It’s easy to overthink these things. Let’s not fall into that trap. Andy Flintoff – and he was best back when he was Andy – was a cricketer we loved. It seems important with hindsight that Flintoff

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’