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Alex Bowden

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · Nov 27

Surely one of the all-time great cricket banners.

Crowd banner reading "Hair or no hair Murali's balls are fair"

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 18h

Well their Tests don't.

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 1d

It's things like this that really put a dent in his all-roundering credentials.

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 1d

Ha! Is it wrong to think that's typical of a batter?

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 2d

14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?

www.kingcricket.co.uk/14-england-t...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 7d

Carrying [beer with] your bat news

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 7d

Carrying [beer with] your bat news

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 8d

Author copies next to a bowl of cricket balls!

A bit more info as well as a link to a spare chapter about the 52nd most ridiculous Ashes moment here: www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-52nd-mos...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 7d

Outrageous, isn't it? Thanks. Full colour and everything!

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 8d

I should probably say 'Northern Hemisphere author copies' as the Southern Hemisphere author copies are already with @liebcricket.com

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 8d

Author copies next to a bowl of cricket balls!

A bit more info as well as a link to a spare chapter about the 52nd most ridiculous Ashes moment here: www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-52nd-mos...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 9d

The 52nd most ridiculous Ashes moment: Mark Waugh replaces Steve Waugh

www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-52nd-mos...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 9d

The 52nd most ridiculous Ashes moment: Mark Waugh replaces Steve Waugh

www.kingcricket.co.uk/the-52nd-mos...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 12d

Will Charlotte Edwards’ England play well enough to wash away all these meaningless lines in the sand they’ve been making?

www.kingcricket.co.uk/will-charlot...

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 12d

Has there ever been a more satisfying combination of names of opening batters than Tagenarine Chanderpaul and John Campbell?

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 13d

Match Report: Ireland vs England, 2nd T20, Malahide

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 15d

There's also news on the Ridiculous Ashes book that you're planning to buy for a whole bunch of people for Christmas.

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 16d

England’s and Australia’s top three most ridiculous Ashes captains

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 16d

England’s and Australia’s top three most ridiculous Ashes captains

www.kingcricket.co.uk/englands-and...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 16d

England’s and Australia’s top three most ridiculous Ashes captains

www.kingcricket.co.uk/englands-and...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 19d

You want the Haseeb Hameed you always imagined? Peter Moores can get you the Haseeb Hameed you always imagined

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 19d

You want the Haseeb Hameed you always imagined? Peter Moores can get you the Haseeb Hameed you always imagined

www.kingcricket.co.uk/you-want-the...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 21d

Harry Brook’s Ashes all-rounder isn’t as good as Ben Stokes’s – but his fast bowling attack might be better

www.kingcricket.co.uk/harry-brooks...

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 20d

In the unlikely event you follow me and not Dan and you're Australian. (Brits, sit tight. It's coming.)

Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 20d

My next book, The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments, co-authored with @kingcricket.co.uk, is now available for pre-order here in Australia. (England readers - stay tuned!)

If you plan to buy it - and, honestly, why wouldn't you? - please pre-order. It helps a lot.

liebcricket.com/ridiculousas...

The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments

The Ashes is one of the oldest and most revered contests in the history of sport. But it is also a contest that contains profound nonsense.The ridi...

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Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 21d

Harry Brook’s Ashes all-rounder isn’t as good as Ben Stokes’s – but his fast bowling attack might be better

www.kingcricket.co.uk/harry-brooks...

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 23d

Somehow took me a while to place that, despite having all the necessary information to work with.

Alex Bowden @kingcricket.co.uk · 23d

A late start, but Ben Compton's first-class record is now extremely good.