< 1 minute readPretty sure propaganda has to be clearly labelled as such in order for it to be properly effective. In the comments on our last post, Ceci suggested that the Pakistani batsmen believe what they read. With that in mind, we’d like to put this site forward as official Pakistani cricket
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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.
Links to some non-cricket writing and a bit more background here.
Pakistan’s middle-order – what we want from them
< 1 minute readAs anyone who’s read a newspaper in the last week or so knows, Pakistan have picked a batting line-up made entirely out of number 11s. Apparently, Azhar Ali only started playing cricket in February and Umar Amin was spotted trying to affix his batting helmet to his elbow a couple
Continue readingCounty Championship leaders engage in not-so-titanic struggle
< 1 minute readWith first playing second in the County Championship, it’s a good time for a brief update on the state of the tournament. Nottinghamshire have been the best side this year. They’re second with a game in hand on Yorkshire, who they’re currently battering. This season Yorkshire have been reliant on
Continue readingFreddie Flintoff’s Powerplay Cricket – press release timing failure
< 1 minute read“Play as Freddie Flintoff and become an integral player for England in this fast moving, high scoring arcade cricket game.” That should perhaps read: “Play as Freddie Flintoff and engage in long, soul-destroying rehabilitation programmes that are ultimately unsuccessful. Slowly come to accept that your days as an international cricketer
Continue readingWill Mohammad Yousuf returning mean it all kicks off again?
< 1 minute readPoor Salman Butt. That’s all we can think about. He’s trying to organise a nice tea party, even though the crockery’s jagged and serrated and keeps cutting people’s hands. The teapot’s got a hole in it and it’s dribbling boiling water over everyone. Yet Butt’s holding it all together. He’s
Continue readingInternational Cricket Captain 2010 review
< 1 minute readThe 2010 version of International Cricket Captain is out. It’s a good game, but pretty similar to the 2009 version really. Our ICC 2009 review should tell you everything you need to know if you’ve never played the game before. Other than that, we want to voice a gripe. To
Continue readingJames Anderson and swing bowling
< 1 minute readWe’ve heard some odd things during this Test match, all of which revolve around the fact that the Duke cricket ball swings more than the Kookaburra used in Australia. Apparently This year’s Dukes swing more than the ones used last year as well. The implication is that James Anderson’s blistering
Continue readingEoin Morgan is better than Sachin Tendulkar
< 1 minute readOf course he isn’t, but Morgan’s 130 was better than Tendulkar’s 203 against Sri Lanka – we’ll say that much. England v Pakistan has been a game for bowlers and only then does batting really mean something. Most of us are happy about this. People mistakenly believe that sport is
Continue readingStill not sure why we did that
< 1 minute readWe did our live review of International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. Ceci Masters kindly documented the review/mental breakdown in full and it can be seen here. If you want to keep tabs on our ongoing descent, you can follow us @TheKingsTweets. We probably won’t be doing another live review of
Continue readingInternational Cricket 2010 on Twitter
< 1 minute readLast night, we did a live review of Codemasters’ new game International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. We played a Twenty20 match as Pakistan and basically got battered. Anyone interested in live Twitter reviews of cricket computer games can follow us again from about 7pm tonight when we’re going to have
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