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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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August 1, 2019 Australia / England

Steve Smith stars in The Day of the Howler

< 1 minute readEngland v Australia, first Ashes Test, day one

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July 31, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part one

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July 30, 2019 England / Ireland

Did you see… Stuart Broad bowl Will Porterfield’s pocket out

2 minute read

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July 29, 2019 Uncategorized

An update on the Patreon crowdfunding idea

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July 27, 2019 England / Ireland

England made almost 10 times as many runs as Ireland in the second innings, but that wasn’t really enough, was it?

< 1 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day three

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July 26, 2019 England / Ireland

Which Somerset spin bowler should England pick as a top order batsman?

2 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day two

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July 25, 2019 England / Ireland

Jonathan Agnew was ‘astonished’ that England were bowled out for 85 by Ireland. Were you?

< 1 minute readEngland v Ireland, only Test, day one

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July 24, 2019 Australia

Which player does Australia really not want to pick?

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July 22, 2019 Extras

We might ask you something. Please can we ask you whether we should ask you that something first?

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July 18, 2019 Extras

How much did England’s World Cup win raise cricket’s profile? | 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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  • Zimbabwe in England: six lessons from history for those not old enough to remember this kind of thingMay 20, 2025
  • In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis HeadJanuary 30, 2025
  • Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowlerJanuary 16, 2025
  • 23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024January 10, 2025
  • Lord Megachief of Gold 2024January 8, 2025

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  1. King Cricket on Is it possible that despite their best efforts both Josh de Caires and Archie Vaughan will end up carbon copies of their respective fathers?May 20, 2025

    Ooh, good work.

  2. Sam on Is it possible that despite their best efforts both Josh de Caires and Archie Vaughan will end up carbon copies of their respective fathers?May 20, 2025

    Daryll Mitchell Johnson Charles Dagnall

  3. King Cricket on Is it possible that despite their best efforts both Josh de Caires and Archie Vaughan will end up carbon copies of their respective fathers?May 19, 2025

    We see where you're going with this.

  4. String on Is it possible that despite their best efforts both Josh de Caires and Archie Vaughan will end up carbon copies of their respective fathers?May 19, 2025

    Mike Atherton’s back?

  5. King Cricket on Is it possible that despite their best efforts both Josh de Caires and Archie Vaughan will end up carbon copies of their respective fathers?May 19, 2025

    Well they've certainly been worse.

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