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Opinion Archive

51allout Mass Debates #13: 20/20 Vision To See, Said A Little Voice To Me

We discuss the ECB’s vision for a new T20 tournament. Cynicism included.

No Comments | April 21, 2017 | | Opinion, T20 | Tags: , , ,

Age Before Beauty Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Plagiarism

51allout gets mad, in the form of some charts and a bit of swearing.

No Comments | April 10, 2017 | | Opinion, Scorer's Notes | Tags: ,

I Spy…The County Championship In Cliches

The County Championship is here, roll out the same things you rolled out last year!

No Comments | April 3, 2017 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags:

Australian Test Ladder Part Six: The “How Do I Pick All These Bowlers?” Edition

The Australian Test team is looking pretty good. Or it would if they could figure out how to squeeze six fast bowlers into it.

2 Comments | March 31, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , ,

Steven Peter Devereux Smith And The Magical Moving Goalposts

In a world full of climate change skeptics, anti-vaccers and chem trail theorists is it any surprise that the anti-Devereux brigade not only survives, but thrives?

2 Comments | March 24, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , ,

If Someone Performs In The Sheffield Shield, But Nobody Is Around To See It…

Performances in the Sheffield Shield have fast replaced trees falling in forests as our favourite thought experiment.

No Comments | March 14, 2017 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags: , ,

The 51allout Bargain Basement Book Bonanza: Chris Waters’ ’10 for 10′

A fine book about a fine man.

3 Comments | March 10, 2017 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

The 51allout Bargain Basement Book Bonanza: ‘Sundial in the Shade: the Story of Barry Richards’

Tim Murtagh’s uncle writes about a bloke who played cricket yonks ago.

No Comments | March 4, 2017 | | Opinion | Tags: , , ,

Why Tour Games Are Terrible And Are Organised By Bad People

Think Donald Trump is the worst thing to happen to the world? We think the current standard of tour matches has him beat.

No Comments | March 2, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , ,

The Cook Report

51allout makes the definitive call on captain Cook. After sneaking around in the bushes for a while pretending to be an undercover journalist.

No Comments | February 21, 2017 | | Opinion | Tags: ,