2 minute readSuave writes from La Republique: The rain had stopped when I got off the tube at Regent’s Park, and I was looking forward to a nice afternoon definitely not watching cricket. Unfortunately, it started lashing it down as I was halfway through the park. I got soaked and battered by
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Oxford UCCE v Nottinghamshire match report
< 1 minute readMel writes: I arrived at the home of the Oxford University Cricket Club with a sore shoulder and a light wallet. The former was due to packing a heavy bag to cover all weather eventualities (although in hindsight the mosquito repellent was a tad unnecessary). The latter was due to
Continue readingSurrey v Lancashire County Championship match report
2 minute readSorry about this morning’s aberration where we actually contributed something to the website. David “Pappus’ Plane” Barry’s here to redress the balance with a match report: This was my first experience of cricket in England: the opening day of the 2008 County Championship. One notable difference from Australia was clear
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2 minute readWith a bonus Kent v Essex in the Friends Provident Trophy match report thrown in ABSOLUTELY FREE. This continues this week’s theme of our not really writing anything. How long can we keep it up? Lemon Bella writes: Myself and Indian Skimmer saw our first matches of the season this
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2 minute readIf you attend a cricket match this season, please send us a match report. Our submission guidelines are ever-so-straightforward: on no account mention the actual cricket. Miriam opens the season’s reporting: I went to this match after church (yes, how very English of me). Having heard so much about him,
Continue readingLiam Plunkett wrestles with his conscience
< 1 minute readOnly his angelic side and his demonic side are BOTH cyclopic yellow bears. “Go and buy some honey, Liam.” “Don’t listen to him! Go and steal some honey.”
Continue readingThe eleventh most influential sports blog in Britain
< 1 minute readThat’s us. Apart from the top ten, we’re first! We were going to change the title of the site to ‘King Cricket – eleventh most influential sports blog in Britain’, but what if we go up a place or so? When do you cross the line from self-deprecating joke to
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< 1 minute readWe’re blog of the month at Simply Cricket. This comes hot on the heels of being The Wisden Cricketer’s Best Of Blogs for April. We haven’t had so much recognition since we were in India and everyone thought we were Nasser Hussain. This recent recognition is hopefully more justified, if
Continue readingNimbus being conspicuously indifferent to all manner of cricketing things
< 1 minute readMiriam writes: “I give you: my sister’s new cat, Nimbus. “We showed her your feature in The Wisden Cricketer, but, as you can see, she simply could not be bothered and she made her feelings perfectly clear. “She was also not at all tempted by The Wisden Cricketer cover stories.
Continue readingWe’re in The Wisden Cricketer!
2 minute readThe Wisden Cricketer’s a proper, grown-up publication. Look, it’s actually tangible! Here’s the bit where it says that it’s “the world’s no.1 cricket magazine”. And here’s us! No, really. Look! And here’s Monty being conspicuously indifferent to it. Turning away OR closing your eyes would have been sufficient, young man.
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