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    January 30, 2025 King Cricket

    In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis Head

    7 minute readIs there a less showy attacking batter than Australia’s Travis Head? Australia picked a new opener not so long ago

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  • January 16, 2025 King Cricket

    Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowler

    5 minute readWe may or may not have caught up with Mark Wood to talk about his interest in wood. It’s a

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  • January 10, 2025 King Cricket

    23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024

    7 minute readIt was a hell of a year. Probably. Who can honestly remember 12 months’ worth of stuff, let alone assign

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  • January 8, 2025 King Cricket

    Lord Megachief of Gold 2024

    4 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over

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  • December 6, 2024 King Cricket

    Are we already watching peak Harry Brook?

    6 minute readBrooks aren’t ordinarily associated with peaks – they tend to run beneath them – but Harry Brook might already be

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August 29, 2019 Extras

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August 27, 2019 Australia / England

The ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous third Test

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August 23, 2019 Australia / England

Which was the purest awful dismissal in England’s 67 all out?

2 minute readEngland v Australia, third Test, day two

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August 22, 2019 Australia / England

What is the difference between Jofra Archer’s arms?

2 minute readEngland v Australia, third Test, day one

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August 22, 2019 Australia / England / Extras

Sorry, we’ve misled a few of you

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August 21, 2019 Australia / England

Did you see… Joe Denly’s starfish catch?

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England

Joe Root Burnout Watch – part three

< 1 minute readHow burnt-out is Joe Root right now?

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England / Extras

You can watch the whole of the rest of the Ashes for £34 via Now TV

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August 20, 2019 Australia / England

The second Test was a draw. But was it a ridiculous draw?

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August 17, 2019 Australia / England

Jofra Archer doesn’t believe in tiredness

2 minute readEngland v Australia, second Test, day four

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  1. King Cricket on Easter weekenders, Quote of the Week + Olympic Fairground attraction | Mop-up of the dayApril 20, 2025

    Ah, that's pretty recent. Some of our 'new' clothes are ten years old.

  2. Ged Ladd on Easter weekenders, Quote of the Week + Olympic Fairground attraction | Mop-up of the dayApril 20, 2025

    Daisy and I saw a wonderful play entitled (and about) Pomona: https://ianlouisharris.com/2014/11/15/pomona-by-alistair-mcdowall-orange-tree-theatre-15-november-2014/ I was going to write "quite recently", until…

  3. A P Webster on Easter weekenders, Quote of the Week + Olympic Fairground attraction | Mop-up of the dayApril 17, 2025

    Pomona is not just a stop on the tram, it also gives its name to the Pomona Island Brew Co,…

  4. King Cricket on Easter weekenders, Quote of the Week + Olympic Fairground attraction | Mop-up of the dayApril 17, 2025

    Oh and looks like Sam Cook's going to be playing the Zimbabwe Test. Probably should have thrown that one in…

  5. King Cricket on Are the 2025 County Championship pacemakers going to drop out after a few laps?April 15, 2025

    Woah there. Stop trying to pin us down to one particular array of opinions.

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