A gradual but inevitable descent into cricket-based loathing and bile.

40/50-over Archive

County Cricket 2013: The Winnowing Fork II

Part two of the series of articles seemingly destined to always take the piss out of Leicestershire.

Champions Trophy 2013: Ravi’s Return

Ravi’s back, and no one can quite understand why. 51allout get out our thinking gin and try to fathom the unfathomable.

No Comments | May 4, 2013 | | 40/50-over, Opinion | Tags: , ,

New Zealand vs. England, Third ODI: Review

Job done for England once again, with a comfortable victory that utterly failed to inspire anyone to get out of bed.

2 Comments | February 24, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

New Zealand vs. England, Second ODI: Review

Joe Root is so awesome that even Usman Khawaja’s mum has a new favourite player.

2 Comments | February 20, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

New Zealand vs. England, First ODI: Review

A slow but ultimately very good game of one-day cricket.

2 Comments | February 17, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

Luke Wright: Used To Be Shite, Now He’s Alright

Back in the pre-51allout age, everyone hated Luke Wright. From the moment we formed and began singing his praises, his stock has gone from strength to strength. Coincidence?

No Comments | February 13, 2013 | | 40/50-over, Opinion, T20 | Tags: , , , ,

Australia vs. West Indies, ODI Series: Preview (May God Have Mercy Upon Us All)

Action! Drama! Suspense! None of these and less will be on show in the latest eagerly anticipated ODI series to grace our televisions.

No Comments | January 31, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

India vs. England, Fifth ODI: Review

Like a beautiful, glorious phoenix, England rose from the ashes of a couple of rubbish performances to win the toss and thus add a healthy dose of respectability to their series defeat.

No Comments | January 27, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

Australia vs. Sri Lanka ODI Series Wrap

Australia vs. Sri Lanka was such an exciting series that we couldn’t risk reviewing it, in case somebody got too hot under the collar and fainted. Hence we just put two men in a room with some gin and made them talk vaguely about it instead.

India vs. England, Fourth ODI: Review

England continued to tumble down the cliff of eternal doom with another mostly crap one day defeat in India.

No Comments | January 23, 2013 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,