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County Championship Division Two: Preview

The County Championship, Division Two: second-class cricket?

No Comments | April 7, 2013 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags: , , ,

County Championship Division One: Preview

The County Championship, Division One: eight contenders and Shiv Chanderpaul.

No Comments | April 6, 2013 | | First Class | Tags: ,

The Steve Smith Report: Part Six (Ashes To Ashes)

The Aussie domestic season is over and the far more entertaining spectacle of finger pointing has begun.

County Cricket Countdown

It’s late March and things are metaphorically hotting up, county cricket-wise.

2 Comments | March 31, 2013 | | First Class | Tags: , ,

The Steve Smith Report: Part Five

Whilst the Test team is being brutalised in India, the search for a saviour amongst Australia’s domestic ranks continues. Without a hell of a lot of success.

The Steve Smith Report: Part Four

Our latest Steve Smith Report takes us on tour to the exotic climes of far-off India, where the dangers of Delhi-belly are nothing compared to the damage a late night splurge on KFC can cause.

3 Comments | February 7, 2013 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags: , , , ,

Globetrotters Part Two: It’ll be All Wright On The Night

English players aren’t just tearing shit up in India, but also across Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

No Comments | December 21, 2012 | | First Class, T20 | Tags: , ,

The Warmup Roundup

England and South Africa kindly played some cricket this week, purely for the benefit of filling in a gap in the 51allout schedule.

2 Comments | November 6, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , ,

The Steve Smith Report: Part Two

The second Steve Smith Report features a depressing lack of Steve Smith in it. We do our best to talk about him anyway, because without Sir Steve Aussie domestic cricket is really, really, boring.

The Steve Smith Report: Part One

Been wondering what Steve Smith has been up to lately? Hankering for some proper cricket? Step this way, as we review what’s been happening in Australian domestic cricket these past few weeks.