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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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September 17, 2019 Australia / England

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a great Ridiculous Ashes, the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a ridiculous Ridiculous Ashes

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September 16, 2019 Australia / England

Is the Oval Test the most maudlin of all the Tests?

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September 14, 2019 Australia / England

Is Steve Smith finally tired of batting?

< 1 minute readEngland v Australia, fifth Test, day two

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September 11, 2019 Regulars

The impact of Headingley 2019 | I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It

2 minute readI Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It is a semi-regular feature where we ask a fella called Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not.

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September 10, 2019 Match report

A match report from a man who claims to have “won the Ashes single-handedly”… in Galle

3 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.

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September 9, 2019 Australia / England

The fourth Test was ridiculous. But exactly how ridiculous?

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September 7, 2019 Australia / England

Stuart Broad is a shenanigan superhero

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September 6, 2019 Australia / England

Ben Stokes’ almighty celebration of absolutely nothing at all

2 minute readEngland v Australia, fourth Test, day two

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September 5, 2019 Australia / England

It was windy at Old Trafford. Here are the wind’s three finest cameos from day one of the fourth Ashes Test

3 minute readEngland v Australia, fourth Test, day one

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September 3, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part four

< 1 minute readHow burnt-out is Joe Root right now?

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  • Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thingMay 20, 2025
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  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025
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  1. daneel on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    Seems as good a time as ever to talk about Division 2 stuff, if you ask me. I don't understand…

  2. Ged Ladd on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    I owe you a debt of gratitude, KC. I really didn’t have the faintest idea that England are playing an…

  3. King Cricket on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    That last point hadn't occurred to us, but you're right. Maybe the bad juju's spilled over and crossed the A56.

  4. Alec on What these ostensibly pointless West Indies ODIs are actually for, plus the latest update on Lancashire’s recovery masterplanMay 28, 2025

    I mentioned to George Dobell on the Awful Place that Smith as an opener is not that bad or unprecedented…

  5. Sam on See, told you Zak Crawley was the very best batter in the whole wide worldMay 28, 2025

    While we're at it, why not bring back James Tredwell, Gary Ballance, Matthew Fleming and Martin McCague.

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