The latest in our long line of winter report cards turns puts South Africa in the firing line, ahead of their trip to England this summer. A series we’re so excited about we agreed to stay off the gin for its entirety because we don’t want to miss any.
The West Indies had a fairly quiet winter, with only a series against Australia to show for their efforts since our last report.
Week Two of the Championship contained a lot of tremendously awful batting as everyone seems to have forgotten how to play proper cricket during the winter.
The Greatest Show on Earth is underway, and it isn’t just the County Championship going on at the moment. IPL 5 has landed too. It’s off and running like the lovechild of Owais Shah and Inzamam ul-Haq.
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.
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.
Whoever kept England’s proper batsmen hidden away for the whole winter is a bastard.
Jimmy Anderson destroyed the Sri Lankan top order before Mahela Jayawardene rescued his side with a beautifully crafted century… Haven’t we seen this somewhere before?
The 51allout team are branching out into unknown territory. The IPL begins on April 4th and we’re not only going to keep you updated with weekly reviews, we’ve also picked a team for us all to support together.
A much more determined batting performance by England put them within sight of victory before the lower order crumbled into the Galle dust and handed Sri Lanka a famous triumph.