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The England Form Guide or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Numbers
A short while back we looked at the idea of using a ten-innings rolling average to look at a player’s ‘form’, as opposed to their career average, which is more a measure of overall ‘quality’. Here we’ll use this idea to have a look at England’s current top-order batsmen.
The future is bright
As our Australian friends have kindly proven to us over the past year, it doesn’t matter how good a side you are, a failure to properly prepare for the future will leave you in a heap of trouble. 51allout has taken a look at six of the best young stars of the County circuit who […]
Test Cricket vs. The Weather
England’s recently concluded series against Sri Lanka certainly wasn’t one of those destined to live long in the memory, a fate that often befalls the ‘early season’ Test series in the English summer. While Sri Lanka are far from a great Test side at the moment and England certainly deserved their victory, it’s fair to […]
West Indies vs. India: Hints Of A Brighter Future
Due to the high levels of shame and embarrassment involved in discussing England’s latest hit and giggle thrashing from Sri Lanka, we at 51allout have had to find something else to discuss. Something a million miles away from our usual coffee machine discussions. Something that doesn’t involve mentioning absurd English batting collapses or Luke Wright. […]
Some Matters at the Start of the Weekend
1. Although the international T20 between England and Sri Lanka at Bristol may struggle to compete for media attention with Glastonbury, Wimbledon and the final of the European Championship Division Two T20 (we’re tipping Austria, apart from Nichael who has a funny feeling about Belgium), an exciting contest might just respark interest in the forthcoming […]
West Indies vs India, First Test: The Numbers
This post is from the ever lovely fyre, who will hopefully be joining us full-time later in the summer for a take on all things Indian: Cricket has always been a game of numbers. As India begin their three Test series against the West Indies today, after a gap of five years, on a dampish […]
England v Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Five Review
A defiant Sri Lanka batted impressively to negate any threat of an England victory.
England vs Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Four Review
England poised for victory after quick runs and key wickets with equally impressive batting and bowling performances.
England vs Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Three Review
Sri Lanka 184 (HAPW Jayawardene 43, Tremlett 6-48) England 195/4 (Pietersen 85, Cook 55, Welegedara 1-40) In a sentence A frustrating day for the fans in many ways as the continued poor weather disrupted play, but nevertheless England put themselves in a potentially match-winning position. Player of the day Kevin Pietersen made a superb 85 […]
England v Sri Lanka Third Test- Day Two Review
Sri Lanka 177/9 (HAPW Jayawardene 43, Tremlett 6-42) In a sentence Cold, wet and miserable, but Tremlett lad England’s attack against a moribund Sri Lanka. Player of the day Chris Tremlett continued his fine form in demolishing the Sri Lankan middle order; his combination of pace and bounce with sideways movement left the visitors reeling. […]
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