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WEB6 days ago · They hadn’t had much of a warm-up; hadn’t played first-class cricket on these shores since 2016; and England were increasingly hell-bent on imposing themselves. It had been a tough shift, in short, and they could be forgiven for imploding. King Cricket is an independent cricket site. Bringing you offbeat cricket writing and huge digressions ...
Another Multan Test pitch preview with Fred Durst
WEB3 days ago · Another Multan Test pitch preview with Fred Durst. The first Test between Pakistan and England starts on Monday – a somewhat jarring fact, given that most of the recent England news has centred on one-day internationals (both results and squads). It will be in Multan (again). To quickly recap: In 2022 England made their first Test tour to ...
Chris Woakes’s back, Jack Leach’s back, James Anderson isn’t – …
WEB1 day ago · England did really well last time they toured Pakistan. Now they're back without their captain or any of the quick bowlers who did well in that series. Chris Woakes's back As in 'returned'. He hasn't got ankylosing spondylitis or anything. When England toured and won in 2022, they used four quick bowlers. James Anderson took
Let’s pick the All-Time Greatest Middle-Aged XI
WEB4 days ago · So here’s our All-Time Greatest Middle-Aged XI. Unless otherwise stated, stats are for matches played after the age of 35. 1. Graham Gooch – 4,563 runs at 48.54 (12 hundreds) No middle-aged person has made more Test runs than Goochie and 3,958 of them were made as opener.
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · 2 minute read The first Test between Pakistan and England starts on Monday – a somewhat jarring fact, given that most of the recent England news has centred on one-day internationals (both results and squads). It will be in Multan (again). To quickly recap: In 2022 England made their first Test tour to. Continue reading
The seven phases of the 2024 County Championship - King Cricket
WEBApr 3, 2024 · Phase 2: The Kookaburra Ball Part 1. They used the swing-and-seam-unfriendly Kookaburra ball instead of the Dukes ball for two rounds of the County Championship last year. This year they’re going to have two blocks of Kookaburra – one in April or possibly May and another in that outro part of …
The 2024 King Cricket Essentials Calendar
WEBJan 8, 2024 · There's too much cricket. You have to prioritise. Below is our month-by-month guide to the series and tournaments we’ll (most likely) be focusing on in the coming year. Essentials? It's pretty widely accepted now that the cricket calendar is oversaturated. You can either sit back and take what comes each day, or you can prioritise
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WEBSep 30, 2024 · 3 minute read Send your match reports to [email protected]. We’re only really interested in your own experience, so if it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. (But if it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.) Sam Blackledge attended day two of this year’s England v.
Pretty sure that was a fantastic Ashes, but what do you actually ...
WEBJul 31, 2023 · What do you actually remember of it? The series itself resulted in a 2-2 Ashes retention for Australia. This seems to us no more or less fair an outcome than several alternative scorelines. We’d quibble with a 5-0 to either side, but anything between 3-1 for one side and 3-1 for the other wouldn’t have felt too colossal a miscarriage of ...
An England v Australia Oval Test preview with Rick Dangerous
WEBJul 26, 2023 · It's late July and that of course means the end of the Test summer. With no more England men's fixtures scheduled until the tour of India from the end of January 2024, you should probably try and make the most of the Oval Test. The nights are drawing in, as Prince Prefab messaged to tell