Articles by Matt H

The Alphabet XI: V

Plenty of choice in the bowling department here, with Bill Voce and Srinivas Venkatraghavan perhaps unlucky not to be selected. The batting however was more limited, with the quality of the middle order detrimented by the dubious opening pair.

End of Season Report 6: Zimbabwe

They may be rubbish, but at least Zimbabwe are playing.

End of Season Report 5: Bangladesh

In which we write about the best all-rounder in the world, and ten others.

The Alphabet XI: U

It’s back to the scraping the barrel for 51allout this week, as we search low and lower for decent players eligible for the U team.

End Of Season Reports 2: Pakistan

It was a rather splendid winter for Pakistan; for all their troubles and controversies on and off the pitch for several years now, it is a good feeling to be able to focus on the cricket.

End Of Season Reports 1: Sri Lanka

Way back in the fairly bleak midwinter, we offered each of the Test nations a mid-season report. Now that the clock is ticking over from the winter of 2011/12 to to the summer season of 2012 (with only the West Indies vs. Australia series outstanding), we thought it would be appropriate to give our verdict on how each side fared as they collected their air miles over the past six months or so.

For no particular reason apart from they are relatively fresh in our minds, we’ll start with Sri Lanka.

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

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

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.

County Cricket 2012: Division Two

We now turn our attention to the County Championship Division Two. Who’s your money on?

County Cricket 2012: Division One

Is it that time of year already? Lambs in the field, blossom on the trees, extra ice cubes in our G&Ts and the sound of cricketers everywhere retreiving their kitbags from the attic and smacking their foreheads in annoyance when they realise they left half a sandwich underneath their pads all winter.

In a twist on the usual mode of starting with the dregs and finishing with the best, we turn first to the County Championship Division One and give our thoughts on each team’s prospects for the season. For any pedants out there, we’re mainly talking Pro40 and the First-Class season, we’ll cover the T20s in much more detail when they come around later in the year.