About

Like the Australian allrounder who can neither bat nor bowl, yet is somehow picked in their top six for the Ashes, 51allout is a little bit different and probably not in a good way. Born from the ashes of the once-great Cricket365 forum, this site brings together a bunch of cricket fans from across the world to discuss the big issues of the modern game, mainly in the form of cheap jokes about Steve Smith and repeated use of a picture of Amjad Khan overstepping the crease in his delivery stride during the dreadful 2008/09 series from which this site takes its name.

Monty batted reasonably well, to be fair

As well as the relentless in-jokes that no-one could possibly follow, there’ll be some serious analysis – we’re fond of a chart or two – and plenty of debate about Tests, ODIs, T20s and First Class Cricket across the world. Feel free to join in that debate via the comments section on each post or via our email address at mailbox@51allout.co.uk. You can also find us on Twitter (@51allout) and on Facebook, where we’re more than happy to chat. Unless you’re actually Steve Smith, in which case we’ll probably just maintain an undignified silence.

Cheers!