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Please tell us the secret of managing the very difficult emotions that arise when watching the Pakistan bowling attack against England

3 minute readIt’s probably Shoaib Akhtar’s fault. It started with Wasim Akram, obviously. He was the one who first presented us with this idea that the current score might not necessarily be the real score. The scorecard in an early Nineties Lancashire match required a coda. ‘This many runs for this many

August 4, 2020 England / Pakistan / Uncategorized

An England v Pakistan Test series “precap” (with preamble)

4 minute readWe were going to do a recap of the England v Ireland one-dayers, but they haven’t actually finished yet. So instead we thought we’d switch focus and do a ‘precap’ of the Pakistan series. We thought we were being wilfully annoying by using a made-up word like ‘precap’ when we

June 3, 2020 Features / Pakistan

Five fantastic, nonsensical or terrible innings that together explain the eternal appeal of Shahid Afridi the batsman

6 minute readBig thanks to everyone who funds King Cricket via our Patreon campaign. We couldn’t justify spending this much time on our features without you. We already know all of the wrong things people are going to say about this article. Some people will say that Shahid Afridi wasn’t a great

February 12, 2020 Features / India / Pakistan

India v Pakistan analysis: which nation delivered the better ‘both batsmen at the same end’ run-out during the Under-19 World Cup?

4 minute readIndia v Pakistan. The greatest rivalry of all. There are so many aspects to their eternal tussle for supremacy, but this week everybody – every single person in the entire world – is pondering only one specific thing: which nation delivered the better run-out where both batsmen end up at

February 8, 2020 Bangladesh / Pakistan

Babar Azam knows the rules of Test cricket in Pakistan

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October 1, 2019 County cricket / Pakistan

Shahid Afridi is going to play The Hundred and in a way it is the greatest endurance feat of all time

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July 16, 2019 Afghanistan / Australia / Bangladesh / England / Features / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / South Africa / Sri Lanka / West Indies

13 proper highlights from the 2019 Cricket World Cup (and none are from the final because the final was a whole thing all of its own)

3 minute readThe Cricket World Cup is insanely long. Cycling’s ‘grand tours’ are considered epic feats of endurance but the World Cup started in May, halfway through the Giro d’Italia, and finished in July, halfway through the Tour de France. (Here’s a recap of the first week of this year’s Tour and

June 29, 2019 Afghanistan / Pakistan