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West Indies vs. Australia First Test Review

The West Indies were absolutely dominating the First Test…..till they cracked open the celebratory rum two days early and handed Australia a three wicket win.

2 Comments | April 12, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , ,

The Alphabet XIs: T

The long-awaited latest instalment of the Alphabet XI’s arrives with a T side based around an English core, in tribute to their sensational winter’s cricket. It is not the most talented XI, but with a workmanlike top order surrounding a genius to provide the runs and perhaps the fastest attack of all, they are not to be underestimated.

2 Comments | April 11, 2012 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

County Championship 2012: The Week That Was

The first week of the 2012 County Championship season saw Amjad Khan amongst the wickets and Leicestershire winning a game. So basically the exact opposite of everything we predicted.

No Comments | April 9, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: ,

IPL 2012: Pune Warriors vs. Somebody Else: Live!

51allout: watching the IPL so that you don’t have to. Also talking about it so that you don’t have to. We are seriously good to you lot. Here we’ll be talking about Pune’s second game live.

13 Comments | April 8, 2012 | | T20 | 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 | | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

West Indies v Australia Test Series Preview

For the tourists it’s the final stage of a long (long) summer, for the hosts the beginning of hopefully yet another new dawn for West Indian cricket. Despite a seeming gulf in class between the two combatants, it promises to be a gripping encounter. 51allout investigates the impending Frank Worrell Trophy series between West Indies and Australia.

1 Comment | April 7, 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, Second Test: Day Three Review

Kevin Pietersen’s masterclass fires England into a dominant position.

No Comments | April 5, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

County Cricket 2012: Predicting the Unpredictable

Last week we presented our previews of the county cricket season, divided appropriately between Division One and Division Two. Following on from these guides, some of the 51allout staff met (or did we?) for a pre-season discussion and to make some predictions.

2 Comments | April 4, 2012 | | 40/50-over, First Class, Opinion, T20 | Tags: ,

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

Whoever kept England’s proper batsmen hidden away for the whole winter is a bastard.

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