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December 9, 2019 Extras

The King Cricket Retired Cricketer From Several Years Back Crossword

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April 19, 2016 Extras

A Rob Key themed cryptic crossword

< 1 minute readAlmost certainly the finest Rob Key themed cryptic crossword you will encounter today. Compiled by Bert. As ever, there are no fantastic prizes. You can also download a PDF version here. Click here for the answers.

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June 28, 2013 Extras

The 2013 King Cricket Ashes and Priestly Vestments Summer Crossword by Bert

< 1 minute readBert writes: I’ve done another crossword. I was going to wait till a full year had passed since the last one, but with the upcoming summer of cricket I thought it would be appropriate to do it now. So here it is – the 2013 King Cricket Ashes and Priestly

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September 2, 2012 Extras

The King Cricket crossword by Bert

2 minute readBert writes It’s time to move on. I’m bored with shenanigans. There’s only a certain amount of shenanigans a man can put up with. We need to get back to what unites us, which is cricket, not what divides us, which is, er, cricket. Anyway, I don’t want to see

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  1. Ged Ladd on If you want to bat for England, bat for Surrey. If you want to bowl for England, bowl for Sussex. And if you want to open for England…April 16, 2026

    I have just read Jerks In From Square Leg by Quid (1866), which in part alludes to the ridiculous flatty…

  2. A PWebster on If you want to bat for England, bat for Surrey. If you want to bowl for England, bowl for Sussex. And if you want to open for England…April 15, 2026

    Whilst The Hundred's big win has been getting cricket out there free-to-air for potential new fans, 'legacy cricket' (as it…

  3. Sam on If you want to bat for England, bat for Surrey. If you want to bowl for England, bowl for Sussex. And if you want to open for England…April 15, 2026

    Bad news https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/3be120e67bef2c6e

  4. King Cricket on A black standard poodle being conspicuously indifferent to a very good cricket book that you should definitely buyApril 13, 2026

    Have you seen the photo of him on the Beeb? Not the most flattering. He looks like Albert Steptoe.

  5. A P Webster on A black standard poodle being conspicuously indifferent to a very good cricket book that you should definitely buyApril 13, 2026

    Was unbeaten with the bat in both innings as well. An up-and-coming all-rounder

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