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August 22, 2007 England / India

England wallop India in a one-day game – honestly

< 1 minute readWhat in blazes? What, what… THE DICKENS is going on? An England player scores a one-day hundred. ANOTHER England player scores a one-day hundred. England tot up 288 for the loss of only two wickets. James Anderson bowls at 90mph and takes 4-23. Andrew Flintoff‘s back and he’s also bowling

August 22, 2007 Regulars

A sign that says ‘moron centre’

< 1 minute readTom says: “This is a picture of me pointing at a sign saying ‘moron centre’ whilst wearing the one-day shirt. Rather apt I think.” This is just the kind of razor-sharp, incisive reportage we expect from our readers. It’s the first in a series of posts here at King Cricket

August 21, 2007 India / Regulars

Gautam Gamhbir impersonates a cricket ball

< 1 minute readHere we see Gautam Gambhir sidling up to a cricket ball in disguise. [At least we used to, but now the image has been removed…] If Gautam’s deception is successful, perhaps he’ll get to mate with the ball

August 20, 2007 Pakistan

Abdul Razzaq retires

< 1 minute readWizened, 27-year-old, schizophrenic batsman cum solid, dependable bowler, Abdul Razzaq, has retired from international cricket. There are two ways of looking at this. The first way is to say that he’s had a big barny with the Pakistani cricket board. This might have started because he was talking to the

August 19, 2007 County cricket

Durham win first major competition

2 minute readDurham batted relentlessly against Hampshire in the final of the Friends Provident Trophy. Almost every batsman who came to the crease swatted the ball around with urgency and intent. When Hampshire replied, Ottis Gibson took two wickets with the first two balls of the innings and Durham had done as

August 17, 2007 County cricket

Rob Key inaugurates new site with a fine, fine hundred

< 1 minute readWell that didn’t take long. What is it, our third proper update? Underrated, big-boned, monopoliser of our waking thoughts, Rob Key, hit 153 against Warwickshire today. One prominent expert was moved to comment: “Give him a bat and pelt balls at him from 22 yards away and he’ll binge on

August 17, 2007 County cricket / England

Adil Rashid hits maiden first-class hundred

< 1 minute readWith England fans understandably looking beyond the imminent one-day drubbing at the hands of India, the search for a second spinner for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka is truly on. What better time for Adil Rashid to hit his maiden first-class hundred against Worcestershire. The dominant view at present

August 16, 2007 County cricket / Match report

Kent v Durham Pro40 match report

< 1 minute readLemon Bella’s sent in another match report: The day started off badly after I had to scrabble around under the seat of my car to find enough change for the car park ticket machine. They’ve put the price up by 50p. On the positive side, I not only found 50p

August 16, 2007 County cricket

Mark Davies loaned to Nottinghamshire

< 1 minute readBlond-maned, Nordic-looking understated overachiever from Durham, Mark Davies, has been loaned out to Nottinghamshire, who are suffering with injuries in their pace corps. Our bet is that he’ll be a wow for Notts. A wow, you hear. A wow. Mark Davies will be one wow. This is great news for

August 15, 2007 Extras

Welcome to the new all-singing, all-dancing King Cricket

< 1 minute readWe never sing. We never dance. What do you think then? You think that it’s ‘much the same’ don’t you? You’d be right. Why not test out the comments though by offering a thought or two. Ideally not all of those thoughts would be negative, but we’re man enough to