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

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So It’s Come To This: Things We Found On YouTube Part 6

Even in 51allout’s darkest hour, YouTube is always there. At least until they switch the internet off.

No Comments | February 18, 2015 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , , ,

The Big Bash: A Denouement

We love the Big Bash, you love the Big Bash, but was it actually any good?

No Comments | January 28, 2015 | | Opinion, T20 | Tags: , ,

Scorchio! Our Summer With Channel 9! Part Six: Bumble To The Rescue

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

1 Comment | January 22, 2015 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

Good Old Watson! You Are The One Fixed Point In A Changing Age!

51allout investigates the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles. If Shane Watson is the hound and Baskervilles is a place where no-one ever scores any bloody Test hundreds.

No Comments | January 13, 2015 | | Opinion, Scorer's Notes | Tags: , ,

The 51allout Bargain Basement Book Bonanza: Don Bradman’s ‘Farewell to Cricket’

An autobiography by a man more deserving of an autobiography than Martin ‘Bickers – The Autobiography’ Bicknell.

1 Comment | January 7, 2015 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

Overpaid, Over-Played And Over Here: English Players In The 2014/15 Big Bash

Running the gamut from the distinctly average, to the downright awful, this is how we’ve rated the performances of the English imports in the season’s Big Bash.

2 Comments | January 2, 2015 | | Opinion, T20 | Tags: , ,

So It’s Come To This: Things We Found On YouTube Part 5

Some more cricketing videos to pass away those lonely hours at work.

No Comments | December 19, 2014 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , , ,

51allout Save Cricket (Again)

The future of cricket can be found indoors.

No Comments | December 12, 2014 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

She Said She Said: The Crazy World Of Cricket Comments Part 1

People say the funniest things on the internet. Like ‘tryst’.

2 Comments | December 8, 2014 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

What Happens Now?

Last weeks events ought to be seen as an opportunity to change how the game is played.

No Comments | December 1, 2014 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,