A gradual but inevitable descent into cricket-based loathing and bile.

Scorer’s Notes Archive

I Ride And I Ride, I Ride Through The City’s Backside

We don’t talk about Iggy Pop very often. But if we did we’d probably consider him a better option to bowl a few overs of gentle spin at the SCG than Moeen Ali.

1 Comment | January 2, 2018 | | Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,

Positional Batting Average: What Difference Does It Make?

Should Joe Root bat at three or four? Yes.

No Comments | October 6, 2017 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: , ,

Two’s Company

Remember the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ books? This is more like ‘Do Your Own Analysis’.

No Comments | September 26, 2017 | | Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,

Making A Contribution (Again)

You know, 51allout turned into a hardcore stats site so gradually, I didn’t even notice.

No Comments | September 8, 2017 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: ,

From Despair To Where?

51allout looks at the sorry state of the West Indies and tries to find some light at the end of the tunnel.

No Comments | June 16, 2017 | | Opinion, Scorer's Notes | Tags: ,

Age Before Beauty Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Plagiarism

51allout gets mad, in the form of some charts and a bit of swearing.

No Comments | April 10, 2017 | | Opinion, Scorer's Notes | Tags: ,

The Greatest ODI Batsman Of All Time. Of All Time!

51allout investigates a question that’s been bugging everyone for years: just who is the joint 150th best ODI batsman of all time?

No Comments | December 13, 2016 | | 40/50-over, Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,

So It’s Come To This: Things We Found On YouTube Part 17: The One Wicket Club

One of the great clubs that no-one wants to be a part of. *Insert joke about Portsmouth FC here*

No Comments | December 5, 2016 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: , , ,

Botham’s Twelve

51allout returns to using bubble charts to assess allrounders. And then Shane Watson impersonates Julia Roberts, for reasons that no-one can explain, not even the writers.

2 Comments | July 13, 2016 | | Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,

Adam Voges And The Search For The New Bradman

Is Adam Voges the new Bradman? The short answer is no, but we get paid by the word so you’re getting a much longer answer.

2 Comments | March 11, 2016 | | Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,