< 1 minute readWe’re not a fan of this idea. You might say that we’re too easily pleased; that we’d support any batsman who scored thousands of runs for England with unparalleled panache. But you’d be wrong. There’s another thing. We once made Kevin Pietersen say ‘pie’. You can’t buy an experience like
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Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places.
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Sri Lanka are sneaky
2 minute readIf you’ve only been half paying attention to Sri Lanka’s two warm-up matches, you might have got the wrong impression. In the first, against Middlesex, the first day ended with them having conceded 321-5. Andrew Strauss scored a hundred, but so did Dan Housego. “They can’t bowl,” said Robert Baby-Bunting
Continue readingThe Roof at Lancashire
< 1 minute readWe didn’t cover Lancashire’s Roses victory over Yorkshire at the weekend because – you know – sometimes you just can’t be bothered. That win took Lancashire to the top of the table and one of the big contributors has been The Roof, Farveez Maharoof, who is rapidly turning into a
Continue readingHaving Eoin Morgan in the Test team is no bad thing
< 1 minute readNot sure if this opinion is even a slightly different shade of grey to the one the other day. Morgan or Bopara? Sounds like it was close. The national selector, Geoff Miller, said: “The controlled innings that Eoin played just gave him the nod.” When a batsman is being picked
Continue readingHaving Eoin Morgan in reserve is no bad thing
< 1 minute readWe’ve a lot of time for both Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan. Far from feeling it necessary to identify one as being a better bet for the Test team, we’re simply happy that one of them misses out. The true strength of the great Australian Test teams of yesteryear was
Continue readingSurrey are pretty bad at cricket
< 1 minute readThere’s a good chance this doesn’t bother anyone else but us, but when has that ever stopped us? “Surrey – so what?” is the theme of this post. Surrey get a lot of media coverage. We don’t really know why, because they don’t deserve it. Their matches get first division
Continue readingLancashire Legends destroy Yorkshire
< 1 minute readBeing as you were all unmoved by yesterday’s references to ludicrous Eighties fantasy film, Legend, we’ve decided to put three more references into today’s post as punishment. The title is one reference. See if you can spot the other two. They are both subtle and clever. In yesterday’s Roses match,
Continue readingWho are the Unicorns?
< 1 minute readThe Unicorns lost to Nottinghamshire yesterday. This reminded us that a friend was asking about them the other day. We suppose we’d better clear up a few questions. Who are the Unicorns? The Unicorns are the ECB Recreational XI. Where are they from? They are from “long ago.” Why should
Continue readingBatter or batsman? | Fielder or fieldsman?
< 1 minute readDo you have strong feelings about this? Here at King Cricket we favour ‘batsman’ and ‘fielder’. Why ‘batsman’? The word ‘batter’ has plenty of meanings. It doesn’t need any more. Batter is what you dip a fish in before you fry it. Batter is what people do to you if
Continue readingWhat’s the latest with Mohammad Yousuf?
< 1 minute readThat’s a serious question. We’ve genuinely forgotten where we’re up to. He was banned for life, but then unbanned, but he’s still not playing for Pakistan. He’s playing for Warwickshire at the moment, we believe he’s got a spell booked in the Birmingham leagues after that and then at some
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