2 minute readNo amount of mopping-up would have been sufficient to ensure the T20 World Cup semi-final between England and India would have taken place. With no reserve day, India went through to the final because they came top in the group stage. Harmanpreet Kaur reckoned India had taken the rules into
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A cricket jumper in an episode of Seinfeld
< 1 minute readGeorge Costanza would bowl Ian Blackwell-esque flat, non-spinning spin. He would bat at number nine and make regular 20s but never pass 50. George Costanza would frequently be involved in run outs. George Costanza would spend a lot of time off the field with the team doctor in the mistaken
Continue readingWe’re losing our Edge
< 1 minute readTomorrow’s issue of The Edge, our newsletter, will unfortunately be the final one for a little while as we’ve reached the end of Cricket 365’s sponsorship. The Edge is fun to write, but time-consuming, so without a sponsor it’ll have to go into hiatus/a coma. Think of it like a
Continue readingEngland go Wagner, Azhar Ali enjoys captaincy and Pat Cummins makes many crores | Mop-up of the day
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Continue readingAB de Villiers Retirement Watch, emails and answers | Mop-up of the day
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Continue readingA cricket ball in Netflix’s Designated Survivor
< 1 minute readSend your pictures of cricket bats and other cricket stuff in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk Hoopy writes: After deciding I was going to waste a Saturday between mowing the lawn, chatting shit to mates, finishing Borderlands 2 (again) and watching telly, I came up with this. It’s a scene from
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Continue readingWhat does it take to make a Lord’s Test match quintessentially Irish? (a match report)
2 minute readSend your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail. Ged writes: “What does it take to make a Lord’s Test match quintessentially Irish?” I wondered to myself ahead of
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