40/50-over Archive

End Of Season Reports 4: India

Number four in our series of end of season reports sees guest correspondent Arjun Miglani talk about a Test whitewash, last place in the CB series and finishing behind Bangladesh in the Asia Cup. Happy times indeed.

End Of Season Reports 3: New Zealand

The third in our series of end of season review looks at New Zealand. Was it truly a winter of discontent? Or was that just because it wouldn’t stop raining?

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.

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.

West Indies vs. Australia, ODI & T20 Series Review Spectacular!

The West Indies vs. Australia conjures up images of the greats battling it out. So how did Johnson Charles and Xavier Doherty get on?

West Indies vs. Australia, ODI Series: Preview

It’s been barely a week since Australia finished their home ODI commitments and yet tomorrow they take on the West Indies in the first of a five match ODI series. Here’s our thoughts on said series.

Commonwealth Bank ODI Series: Final Round Review

The Commonwealth Bank series entered into its fifth and final week with dwindling crowds, knackered players and a warning for our legal team. Despite all these things it still turned out alright. Here’s what we made of it.