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  • May 20, 2025 King Cricket

    Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thing

    6 minute readThose of us chipping away the verdigris have a pretty good idea what an early summer England v Zimbabwe Test

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  • January 30, 2025 King Cricket

    In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis Head

    7 minute readIs there a less showy attacking batter than Australia’s Travis Head? Australia picked a new opener not so long ago

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  • January 16, 2025 King Cricket

    Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowler

    5 minute readWe may or may not have caught up with Mark Wood to talk about his interest in wood. It’s a

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  • January 10, 2025 King Cricket

    23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024

    7 minute readIt was a hell of a year. Probably. Who can honestly remember 12 months’ worth of stuff, let alone assign

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  • January 8, 2025 King Cricket

    Lord Megachief of Gold 2024

    4 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over

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March 17, 2020 England / Features / Sri Lanka

Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England – if real sport’s off we’re just going to have to improvise

2 minute readLike pretty much everything else at the minute, the Sri Lanka v England Test series is postponed or possibly just completely cancelled because of Coronavirus. The only logical thing for a cricket website to do in this situation is to play out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England

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March 14, 2020 Regulars

A cat being conspicuously indifferent to the Boxing Day Test

< 1 minute readAP Webster writes: “Please find attached two pictures of my parents’ cat, Dusty (sadly not named after Dusty Rhodes), being conspicuously indifferent to the Sky pundits at lunchtime in the First Test at Centurion. “He is also showing considerable indifference to the pile of Christmas presents in front of the

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March 13, 2020 Australia

Was it weird that Alyssa Healy enjoyed all of the World Cup final – even the bit where she was out?

< 1 minute readOne thing that struck us during Australia’s T20 World Cup win last weekend was Alyssa Healy’s demeanour after she was out. Upon being dismissed she remained happy. That’s highly weird, isn’t it? It’s pretty weird to see someone who isn’t a tail-ender enjoying batting even when they’ve not been given

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March 10, 2020 Australia / Features

How Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis are pissing away the great legacy of David Boon

2 minute readIf Australian cricket is respected for anything, it is respected for that time David Boon skulled 52 beers on a flight from Sydney to London before the 1989 Ashes (supposedly). If Boon could see the state of modern Australia now (and was also dead or buried alive) he would be

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March 7, 2020 Australia / India

The T20 World Cup final will be decided by whether or not India can run “all across the ground”

2 minute readIndia play Australia in the T20 World Cup final. You can read all sorts of match previews, but we assure you the match will be decided on India’s ability to run “all across the ground.” There are many different factors affecting the outcome of a cricket match, but some are

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March 5, 2020 Extras

Rain, redesigns and response times | Mop-up of the day

2 minute readNo amount of mopping-up would have been sufficient to ensure the T20 World Cup semi-final between England and India would have taken place. With no reserve day, India went through to the final because they came top in the group stage. Harmanpreet Kaur reckoned India had taken the rules into

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March 3, 2020 Associates

Thailand are wondering whether the lofted off drive is enough

< 1 minute readThere are two types of people in this world: people who feel like the weather has denied them a point and people who feel like the weather has secured them a point for a no result. Which ones are optimists? If Thailand see their first T20 World Cup point (secured

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March 1, 2020 Regulars

A cricket jumper in an episode of Seinfeld

< 1 minute readGeorge Costanza would bowl Ian Blackwell-esque flat, non-spinning spin. He would bat at number nine and make regular 20s but never pass 50. George Costanza would frequently be involved in run outs. George Costanza would spend a lot of time off the field with the team doctor in the mistaken

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February 28, 2020 Associates

Thailand got a wicket with a loopy leg-side full-bunger

2 minute readIn the third over of Thailand’s match against South Africa, something truly magical happened. Ratanaporn Padunglerd bowled a really, really shit delivery and got a wicket with it. We love wickets off abject filth and this particular abject filth was pure.   In theory, Padunglerd bowls medium-pace, but the speed

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February 27, 2020 County cricket

If you’re going to use the Kookaburra ball in the County Championship, do it correctly

< 1 minute readJoe Root has become the latest person to suggest that they should use the Kookaburra ball for some of the County Championship. There is a very obvious and correct way of doing this that almost certainly be overlooked. Speaking to The Telegraph, Root said of the Kookaburra: “It is a

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  1. Jeffy on Shubman Gill seems only half angry about hitting Test hundredsJuly 3, 2025

    Beer prices please!

  2. Jeffy on Shubman Gill seems only half angry about hitting Test hundredsJuly 3, 2025

    I did the half face cover up thing on all four pictures and I think your analysis of Gill is…

  3. King Cricket on Shubman Gill seems only half angry about hitting Test hundredsJuly 3, 2025

    Hard to say no really.

  4. Dan on Shubman Gill seems only half angry about hitting Test hundredsJuly 3, 2025

    If Gill keeps on like this - first a century, now a double century - he'll be beating Lara's 501…

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    We were there today. Proper good old-fashioned Test cricket. Gill is some player. The toilets at Birmingham New Street station…

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