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May 18, 2020 Regulars

Cricket gloves on Cybermen in Doctor Who

< 1 minute readSend your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk. Feel free to put the cricket thing in the unusual place yourself. Andrew pointed out to us that back in the Sylvester McCoy era of Doctor Who, the Cybermen wore batting gloves sprayed silver. Batting

May 15, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Drama on day 5

5 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Australia (446-5) trail England (575-5 dec) by 129 runs. We’ve done some pretty pointless things in our time, but

May 14, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Australia fight hard against unpredictable England attack on day 4

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Australia (151-2) trail England (575-5 dec) by 424 runs. Here’s what happened on day three. Greg Blewett and Mark

May 13, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: Bevan mystery deepens on day 3

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Day two ended with England 413-4. Nasser Hussain is unbeaten on 145 having batted through the day. Robin Smith

May 12, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England middle-order dawdles on day 2

3 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. Day one ended with England 205-3. Nasser Hussain was cautious and intense in yesterday’s evening session, while Graham Thorpe

May 11, 2020 Australia / England

1990s Ashes Rematch: England bat first on day 1

4 minute readLast month we pitted a 90s England XI against a 90s Australia XI using International Cricket Captain’s ‘All Time Greats’ mode and the Aussies won. This is the rematch Down Under. A quick recap. These teams are not 1990s best XIs. They are 1990s-est XIs. Here’s our workings-out. In short,

May 7, 2020 Australia / England / Extras

The 1990s-est Ashes Rematch Down Under

5 minute readLast month we ran The 1990s-est Ashes, an exhibition match between a 1990s England Test XI and a 1990s Australia Test XI played out using Cricket Captain’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode. It was both a nail-biter and also a sizeable defeat for England. Michael Atherton’s men were just minutes from securing

May 6, 2020 Match report

This guy paid £50 for a £300 ticket to go and see England v South Africa at the Oval with some strangers – a match report

2 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. We’re only interested in what it was like to be at the game, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. Equally, if it’s an amateur match, please go into excruciating detail. William went to England v South Africa

May 6, 2020 Australia / Features

Shane Warne says we were created by aliens – but which ones?

3 minute readThe frustrating thing about reality TV programmes is that when someone says something interesting, there’s no-one there to ask the obvious follow-up questions. When he appeared on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2016, Shane Warne expressed his belief that humans, “couldn’t do” the pyramids. “You couldn’t

May 4, 2020 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

Smashtastic Cricket review | Android and iPhone

4 minute readPro: Quick and intuitive Pro: Career mode offers longer lifespan Pro: Textbook videogame player names Con: Insufficient character limit for puerile player names Con: Four-season span of free version When we asked about lockdown cricket entertainment the other day, AP Webster mentioned Smashtastic Cricket. We didn’t know Smashtastic Cricket, so