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India vs. England, Second Test: Day Two Review

Mr You Know Who and Mr Him Again help England to a position of reasonable comfort.

No Comments | November 24, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , ,

The Wiggles: England’s Lower Order Hot Potato

Children’s TV and charts: the natural ways to describe England’s lower order failings.

No Comments | November 22, 2012 | | Scorer's Notes | Tags: , , ,

India vs. England, First Test: Day One Review

Despite their best efforts to lose the game inside the first hour, England just about clung on to India’s coat tails thanks to a heroic performance from Graeme Swann.

No Comments | November 15, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , ,

The Five Most Pointless Matches Ever (That We Could Think Of)

In the first in what will probably be a series of one, we respond to a reader’s tweet about pointless matches.

No Comments | September 13, 2012 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , ,

England vs. South Africa, Second Test: Preview

It’s alright, you don’t have to pretend to care about women’s P.E. any more.

1 Comment | August 1, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

Sri Lanka vs. England, Second Test: Day Five Review

After an entire winter of collapsing in a heap as soon as they saw the finish line, England finally got over it after perhaps their finest team performance since the Ashes.

No Comments | April 8, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

Sri Lanka vs. England, Second Test: Day Four Review

A day of genuine old-fashioned attritional Test cricket in which almost nothing happened, gripping us for the full 90 overs. Graeme Swann’s double strike in the penultimate over was just reward for not quite getting around to the washing up for eight hours.

No Comments | April 6, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

Sri Lanka vs. England, First Test: Day Two Review

Slow bowlers are used. England collapse. Stuart Broad looks really, really annoyed.

No Comments | March 27, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , , ,

No Space In A Four-Man Attack, Broadly Speaking

With England debating the selection between Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan for Thursday’s series opener against India, we at 51allout wanted to look purely at the numbers behind the former’s career and form, to see if we could find some justification one way or another.

England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Review

Close of play England 496-5d (Trott 203, Cook 133, Bell 103*) Sri Lanka 400 and 82ao (Perera 20, Swann 4-16, Tremlett 4-40, Broad 2-21) England win by an innings and 14 runs. In a sentence An unbelievable few hours saw England steal victory from the jaws of a damp squib of a draw. Player of […]

No Comments | May 30, 2011 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , ,