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    August 5, 2025 King Cricket

    From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test series

    7 minute readNo other sport does all-the-fun-of-the-fair climaxes like cricket. In large part that’s due to the complexity of the game and

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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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August 31, 2019 Extras

An update on the King Cricket Patreon campaign

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August 30, 2019 Australia / England

In praise of Jack Leach, England’s finest number 11 batsman

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August 29, 2019 Extras

If you’d like to chip in to support King Cricket, you can (please do)

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August 27, 2019 Australia / England

The ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous third Test

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August 23, 2019 Australia / England

Which was the purest awful dismissal in England’s 67 all out?

2 minute readEngland v Australia, third Test, day two

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August 22, 2019 Australia / England

What is the difference between Jofra Archer’s arms?

2 minute readEngland v Australia, third Test, day one

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August 22, 2019 Australia / England / Extras

Sorry, we’ve misled a few of you

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August 21, 2019 Australia / England

Did you see… Joe Denly’s starfish catch?

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part three

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

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England / Extras

You can watch the whole of the rest of the Ashes for £34 via Now TV

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  • From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 5, 2025
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  • In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis HeadJanuary 30, 2025
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  1. Jack Noone on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 10, 2025

    Tbf Stuart Broad made an interesting point about the turf at Old Trafford not allowing the bowlers to build up…

  2. michael burberry on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 9, 2025

    as McGrath said..."five nil to the Aussies". ..

  3. TigerMax on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 9, 2025

    England lost the last test against India by 6 runs, Tongue in India’s first innings gave away 16 wides in…

  4. Rhys on So who’s in England’s first choice Ashes bowling attack then?August 9, 2025

    England just need to get through the new ball and then they'll be able to dominate the Australians with the…

  5. Bail-out on From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test seriesAugust 8, 2025

    And, along similar lines to what Ged said, applying that attitude to playing conditions more generally would have its benefits.…

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