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Tests Archive

Positional Batting Average: What Difference Does It Make?

Should Joe Root bat at three or four? Yes.

No Comments | October 6, 2017 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: , ,

Ashes Selection Ponderings: Should Australia Ditch The All-Rounder?

What is the answer to all life’s problems? Gin. But James Pattinson comes a close second.

5 Comments | September 28, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , ,

Fail To Prepare, Prepare To Fail: Australia Gear Up For The Ashes

An article in which we get very sweary about each sides Ashes preparations. Plus some cat gifs.

No Comments | September 14, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , ,

Making A Contribution (Again)

You know, 51allout turned into a hardcore stats site so gradually, I didn’t even notice.

No Comments | September 8, 2017 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: ,

England Test Ladder

It’s back despite no demand…the England Test Ladder.

No Comments | August 10, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , , ,

Beware The James Kirtley Syndrome

Not all great debuts lead to great careers.

No Comments | August 5, 2017 | | Tests | Tags: , , , ,

So It’s Come To This: Things We Found On YouTube Part 19 – Ashes Lineup Prediction Special!

Pending Cricket Australia and the ACA finally getting their shit together, 51allout takes to YouTube to consider Australia’s other options.

No Comments | August 1, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , ,

Bat Properly You Bastards

51allout laments/celebrates how Trevor Bayliss destroyed English Test cricket from the inside. A bit like a Frozen Horse.

No Comments | July 18, 2017 | | Opinion, Tests | 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: , , ,