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Test Cricket vs. The Weather
England’s recently concluded series against Sri Lanka certainly wasn’t one of those destined to live long in the memory, a fate that often befalls the ‘early season’ Test series in the English summer. While Sri Lanka are far from a great Test side at the moment and England certainly deserved their victory, it’s fair to […]
England v Sri Lanka: First ODI- Review
A surprising demolition by England as Sri Lanka capitulated under the floodlights.
West Indies vs. India: Hints Of A Brighter Future
Due to the high levels of shame and embarrassment involved in discussing England’s latest hit and giggle thrashing from Sri Lanka, we at 51allout have had to find something else to discuss. Something a million miles away from our usual coffee machine discussions. Something that doesn’t involve mentioning absurd English batting collapses or Luke Wright. […]
England vs Sri Lanka, only T20I, The County Ground: Player Reviews
England 136/9 (Morgan 47, Pietersen 41, Malinga 2-15) Sri Lanka 137/1 (M Jayawardene 72*, Sangakkara 43*, Dernbach 1-18) England: Craig Kieswetter: Made a lot of noises pre-match about how hard he’d worked on his game and that big improvements had been made. Keeping wise, there was evidence of this with much tidier glovework on show […]
Some Matters at the Start of the Weekend
1. Although the international T20 between England and Sri Lanka at Bristol may struggle to compete for media attention with Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the final of the European Championship Division Two T20 (we’re tipping Austria, apart from Nichael who has a funny feeling about Belgium), an exciting contest might just respark interest in the forthcoming […]
The Commentators: Aggers
Jonathan Philip Agnew has been the BBC’s Cricket Correspondent for what seems like forever, but he still remains a joy to listen to, whether commentating on the action, running Test Match Special before and after play, interviewing guests or popping up on other radio programmes to offer his thoughts on the match in hand, or […]
West Indies vs India, First Test: The Numbers
This post is from the ever lovely fyre, who will hopefully be joining us full-time later in the summer for a take on all things Indian: Cricket has always been a game of numbers. As India begin their three Test series against the West Indies today, after a gap of five years, on a dampish […]
England v Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Five Review
A defiant Sri Lanka batted impressively to negate any threat of an England victory.
England vs Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Four Review
England poised for victory after quick runs and key wickets with equally impressive batting and bowling performances.
England vs Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Three Review
Sri Lanka 184 (HAPW Jayawardene 43, Tremlett 6-48) England 195/4 (Pietersen 85, Cook 55, Welegedara 1-40) In a sentence A frustrating day for the fans in many ways as the continued poor weather disrupted play, but nevertheless England put themselves in a potentially match-winning position. Player of the day Kevin Pietersen made a superb 85 […]
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