4 minute readAll hail the Pakistani dice of change. A match-winning roll was vanishingly unlikely but one die did at least turn up a Razaullah which means the basic concept of the Pakistan Test team can just about limp on. For that, at least, we are grateful. This isn’t a sustainable way Razaullah’s unhinged debut at least keeps the priceless concept of the Pakistan Test cricket team alive first appeared on King Cricket. Is a Pakistan Test cricket team devoid of fast bowlers truly a Pakistan Tes

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Barrel/fish latest: Pakistan scrape and restock, Ollie Robinson shoots and reloads

2 minute readEdgbaston has a load of “Send money to Pakistan” adverts on the boundary boards for this Test match. At this point in the tour, it’s easy to read that as some kind of charity fundraiser. Why would anyone shoot fish in a barrel? What’s the point? Save your ammo. Shooting Barrel/fish latest: Pakistan scrape and restock, Ollie Robinson shoots and reloads first appeared on King Cricket. Pick of the ducks with Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler and Ollie Robinson Has Ollie Robinson un

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Pakistan’s denials and KP’s vibes-based remit | Mop-up of the day

2 minute readMaybe Pakistan’s problem is that they don’t have enough specialist mentors. That old notion that there is rarely smoke without fire is frequently exploited in politics. In many campaigns, the job’s half done if you can force your opponent to talk about some outlandish allegation or other, regardless of what Pakistan’s denials and KP’s vibes-based remit | Mop-up of the day first appeared on King Cricket. England cricket team news India cricket team news Cricket bats in unusual places

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Farington Cricket Ground: What’s it like to watch a match at Lancashire’s second home? (a match report)

4 minute readSend 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.) A P Webster writes… Any chance to visit a new cricket ground Farington Cricket Ground: What’s it like to watch a match at Lancashire’s second home? (a match report) first appeared on King Cricket. Another match report from Old Traffor

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Hush, child! The Pakistani dice of change are airborne!

2 minute readPakistan have decided that actually, with the benefit of hindsight, half of the players they picked for the first Test shouldn’t have even been in the squad. The apparently wrong calls for that match span the captain, the wicketkeeper, the opening batter and half the bowling attack – one of Hush, child! The Pakistani dice of change are airborne! first appeared on King Cricket. England cricket team news India cricket team news Rolling the Shahid Afridi dice

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Is running Pakistan cricket honestly a realistic thing to attempt as a side hustle?

3 minute readThe Pakistan Cricket Board often seems perfectly geared towards getting the absolute least out of its players. It’s been such a colossally effective talent erosion machine in recent years, you wonder whether the guy running it should really be attempting it in his spare time when he’s already working 9 Is running Pakistan cricket honestly a realistic thing to attempt as a side hustle? first appeared on King Cricket. Quite simply the most watchable side in cricket Pakistan thrive on

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Lord’s questions: Will the pitch be an absolute pudding? Will England pick a spinner? Will Pakistan’s “quicks” justify the label? And of course the biggest question of all…

2 minute readWill Ollie Robinson actually manage to play two Tests in a row? The England Test team has been a swirling maelstrom of madness all summer long – maybe that will be the next improbable development. As for the most recent England Test team development, its improbability lies only in how Lord’s questions: Will the pitch be an absolute pudding? Will England pick a spinner? Will Pakistan’s “quicks” justify the label? And of course the biggest question of all… first appeared on King Crick

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Is a Pakistan Test cricket team devoid of fast bowlers truly a Pakistan Test cricket team?

4 minute readPakistan have had plenty of fast bowlers with a touch of magic about them over the years. Unfortunately, that kind of transcendence would require an additional supernatural feat these days, because any act of high pace sorcery would first necessitate the shape-shifting transformation of a military-medium dobbler. Selector and director Is a Pakistan Test cricket team devoid of fast bowlers truly a Pakistan Test cricket team? first appeared on King Cricket. Maybe England should have p

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From half-cut to cut-in-half – England’s slightly humdrum medium-term future has already taken shape

2 minute readSome things change, but other things don’t. It’s still pretty likely that England will be able to win the one Test match Ollie Robinson is capable of playing each series. Perhaps they should schedule more two-Test series. “It’s not often you get half a ball,” said Robinson after play yesterday. From half-cut to cut-in-half – England’s slightly humdrum medium-term future has already taken shape first appeared on King Cricket. The hefty, graceful Inzamam-ul-Haq is slightly older Mitch

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Is there any non-Mohammad Abbas way that Pakistan could beat England?

2 minute readIt’s hard to remember a Test match when England didn’t change their captain, or their coach, or both. Speaking of that sort of thing… Pakistan are in town! A few months ago, Pakistan had the honour of becoming the first team to be whitewashed in successive series of two or Is there any non-Mohammad Abbas way that Pakistan could beat England? first appeared on King Cricket. England beat Pakistan at the Oval Mohammad Abbas could get hold of your phone number (and so could Naseem Shah)

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Which Australia cricketer will be taken out by Cameron Green’s last gasp safety limbo?

2 minute readDan Liebke’s anonymous former Australian cricketer has this Australia team down as a two-stroke pull-start Victa Commando lawnmower – “an absolute weapon of a thing” but also “an absolute shit of a thing to start”. Presumably that makes Bangladesh some sort of battery-powered Flymo. Halfway through a Test series, their Which Australia cricketer will be taken out by Cameron Green’s last gasp safety limbo? first appeared on King Cricket. Did India give Australia a 1.4 Test head start?

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