< 1 minute read D Charlton once again tries to find out the score: As I was heading north, I realised that it was the Women’s World Cup final between England and New Zealand. I had just got into the Arctic Circle, in the village of Jukkasjärvi in Sweden and wanted to know the
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Bo conspicuously renouncing his indifference to cricket
< 1 minute read Sam writes: In light of England’s well-documented opening batsman problems, I thought I would canvas opinion within my household regarding a return for Taunton’s favourite son. Bo reflects wistfully on the early promise of an uncomplicated West Country left-hander with minimal foot movement but tons of talent. ‘137. Lord’s. June
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< 1 minute read Ged writes: Following several days of enforced 5am starts, I was looking forward to sleeping in a bit longer on Thursday, especially as I was cream-crackered by 10pm Wednesday. But of course, once you’ve got your body used to early starts, it just does its own thing. So although I
Continue readingThe best advert featuring a cricketer EVER
< 1 minute read There isn’t one part of this advert that isn’t amazing. It is the world’s first 100% amazing advert. The slogan’s baffling and surreal and amazing. The picture’s less baffling, but still surreal and amazing. Even the boast ‘SA’s #1 Hand Tool Brand’ is amazing, because just how hotly contested is
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2 minute read Benno writes: Really it all started the night before in Harbour Lights in Bridgetown where we took full advantage of the ‘drink all the sickly rum punch you can for 50 bajan dollars’ offer and invented a game called musical table dancing. My mate, Pikey, tried to rip out his
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< 1 minute read Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk Sam writes: We arranged to meet for an after work drink and watch the third day of the re-arranged test at the ARG at a pub somewhere in north Surrey. I drove from my office to my friend’s office. I turned off the A3
Continue readingA cricket hat on an unusual head
< 1 minute read This is more like it. Pictures of cricket bats and cricket items in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk please. Dan writes: Here is my entry for ‘cricket related things in unsual places’. The item in question is Shane Warne’s hat and the unusual place is ‘on my head’. I’m a primary
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< 1 minute read 668 Neighbour of the Beast writes: Me and my friend opted for the cheap seats. They were only twice as expensive as a cider at the Oval. As a new travelling supporter, I took an England flag newly purchased from the Notting Hill Housing Trust charity shop. We sat near
Continue readingCricket bats that seem like they’re in unusual places
< 1 minute read BUT THEY’RE NOT! We should really have clarified this at the outset. We’d like you to send us pictures of real, actual, tangible cricket bats (or other cricket items) that are genuinely in unusual places. Send your pictures to king@kingcricket.co.uk Kate and Tom sent us this: We have rather a
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< 1 minute read We’re starting a new feature. It’s called Cricket Bats In Unusual Places. We want you to send in pictures of cricket bats in unusual places. Send them to king@kingcricket.co.uk It doesn’t have to be cricket bats – that’s just the name of the feature. It can be anything cricket-related, but
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