Alex Bowden
@kingcricket
I write King Cricket:
Stephen Fleming: the Unitas candidate www.kingcricket.co.uk/stephen-flem...
Garry Sobers: The real King Cricket, the most useful player there’s ever been www.kingcricket.co.uk/garry-sobers...
So why has the ECB ‘invoked the notice period’ of Brendon McCullum’s Test contract and not his white ball contract again? www.kingcricket.co.uk/so-why-has-t...
I reckon you don't get as many crowd knobheads at women's matches. That's just a theory though. I asked someone to go and investigate. Crowd knobhead analysis for the England v India women’s Test match at Lord’s www.kingcricket.co.uk/crowd-knobhe...
Lord’s Cricket Ground: first look in Test cricket The pitch is typically two-paced at best, more frequently low and slow, and the playing area itself isn’t even level. Despite this, Lord’s hosted its first (women’s) Test match today. How did it shape up? www.kingcricket.co.uk/lords-cricke...
Get ready for England v India at The Home of Very Belatedly Permitting Women To Do Things www.kingcricket.co.uk/get-ready-fo...
Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight and the old school joy of bisection www.kingcricket.co.uk/nat-sciver-b...
Was Daryl Mitchell’s triple-helmet hundred his best or his worst? www.kingcricket.co.uk/was-daryl-mi...
Three flavours of vacuum created by Ben Stokes’ retirement www.kingcricket.co.uk/three-flavou...
I feel like you all know what this is about and I'm the only one who doesn't.
Ben Stokes makes a colossal head start happen www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-stokes-m...
Bedtimegate: How can England have the fresh start they need when distrust flows from the top? www.kingcricket.co.uk/bedtimegate-...
Joe Root must be having a few PTSD captaincy flashbacks by now www.kingcricket.co.uk/joe-root-mus...
One way or another, England’s quick bowlers are letting them down, which apparently means they have to drop spin bowler Shoaib Bashir again www.kingcricket.co.uk/one-way-or-a...
Retiring because he stayed up past his bedtime would be a silly but appropriate end to Ben Stokes’ England career www.kingcricket.co.uk/retiring-bec...
What is the most staggering aspect of Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson’s involvement in a nightclub “incident”? www.kingcricket.co.uk/what-is-the-...
So how tall does Shoaib Bashir feel right now? (Presumably not 10 feet tall) www.kingcricket.co.uk/so-how-tall-...
If Brendon McCullum does get England to play ‘smart cricket’ what does that mean for Harry Brook whose superpower is very much ‘daft cricket’? www.kingcricket.co.uk/if-brendon-m...
Chapeau, New Zealand – not many teams come to Ireland and win a Test match www.kingcricket.co.uk/chapeau-new-...
Can the 1980s tell us anything about the first Test match of summer? (Don't call it a preview) www.kingcricket.co.uk/can-the-1980...
Can anyone get a grip on the attenuating unpredictability of the Pakistan Test team? www.kingcricket.co.uk/can-anyone-g...
Is Ollie Pope still in the same galaxy as the England Test team? www.kingcricket.co.uk/is-ollie-pop...
Ben Duckett chose… wisely A modern international cricketer like Ben Duckett has a lot of tricky career decisions to make. Sometimes you don’t know whether you’ve made the right choice until you have or haven’t aged into dust. www.kingcricket.co.uk/ben-duckett-...
James will Rew the latest instalment of England’s weird, implicit, episodic Test squad announcement www.kingcricket.co.uk/james-will-r...
Stone rises as Nottinghamshire lead a more familiar looking County Championship www.kingcricket.co.uk/stone-rises-...
Has Ollie Robinson uncovered a back way into the England Test team? www.kingcricket.co.uk/has-ollie-ro...
Ralphies, Surrey spin and why winning a game is either the best or worst thing you can do in the County Championship www.kingcricket.co.uk/ralphies-sur...