< 1 minute readWe have written a piece for Cricinfo about how we are massively pessimistic about England’s chances no matter what the evidence in front of us. We have also said that England will win 3-2 over at World Cricket Watch. The truth is that we are pessimistic by default, but hate
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King Cricket T-shirts and other stuff
2 minute readCricket T-shirts on Amazon We’ve made some T-shirts. Maybe you could buy some out of pity. Here is a yellow one. Coloured T-shirts are £17.95. Here is a ‘ringer’ T-shirt. Ringer T-shirts are £18.50. The grey and black ringer T-shirt is the one we bought to test the quality. We
Continue readingSomeone somewhere is under our influence
< 1 minute readWe don’t know who it is, but we’d quite like to hear from them. AskMen has named King Cricket one of the 10 most influential cricket blogs. Make of that what you will. We don’t know how we’re influencing people. Maybe we’re responsible for the age of apathy.
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< 1 minute readAs none of you know, we write The Wisden Cricketer’s weekly email, which we believe we’re obliged to describe as ‘irreverent’. We have done over a hundred instalments now, so we’re a bit late telling you about this. If you’ve ever thought to yourself: “I like the King Cricket website,
Continue readingAustralian cricketing cragginess Venn diagram
< 1 minute readIt’s the feature that never took off! There’s a smooth-skinned, hairless-chested quality to the Aussie team these days, although we’ve high hopes that Peter Siddle will one day attain the status of ‘gnarl dog’. For the record, Simon Katich is merely ‘hairy’.
Continue readingMedia cheat sheet for England cricketers
< 1 minute readThe Ashes is all about propaganda, so we have produced a handy media cheat sheet for England’s cricketers. It is over at Cricinfo. The article currently seems to be ‘big on Facebook’. We’re not on Facebook, so we don’t really know what that means. As far as we can tell,
Continue readingStraight Outta Surrey – cricket, Received Pronunciation and hip hop, together at last
< 1 minute readHave you ever thought to yourself how hip hop music could be improved if the artists used Received Pronunciation and made tracks about cricket? Thought so. Thanks to Vil for pointing us towards this and apologies to those of you who knew about Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer already and
Continue readingKing Cricket’s favourite cricketer
< 1 minute readWe contributed to The Wisden Cricketer’s ‘My Favourite Cricketer’ section earlier in the year (think it appeared in the July issue). Did we ever point you towards it? We don’t think we did. Our favourite cricketer is not who you think it is. It’s actually Waqar Younis. We’re quite proud
Continue readingCricket photography action shots
2 minute readRob Steen has written a great piece for Cricinfo about the generally sorry state of cricket photography. Basically, a lot of the agency people couldn’t give a toss about cricket and reaction shots are an easy way to get something vaguely usable. Steen mentions the highly regarded Patrick Eagar as
Continue readingLaurence Elderbrook imparts some wisdom
2 minute readAs the overseas professional (unpaid), my influence extends beyond the field of play. I am proud that I have brought a little something to my Australian club beyond my stellar on-field contributions. I am not just the most important player at the club. I am a role model and mentor
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