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
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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
Continue readingShahid Afridi is going to play The Hundred and in a way it is the greatest endurance feat of all time
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Continue reading13 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
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