Our review of one man’s tale of trying to become a cricket writer. The digs at Stuart Broad are entirely ours.
Another Australian summer of cricket means another opportunity to pose that annual question; is Richie Benaud still alive? This year’s answer: mostly.
After two games in which everyone seems to have been crippled, Australia and South Africa meet for one final time. With the number one ranking at stake, Australia will do the sensible thing and get rid of all their bowlers from the previous games. South Africa will have to settle for dumping Imran Tahir’s body in the Swan River.
The 51allout podcast was two-thirds deliriously happy this week, thanks to England’s drubbing of India and Australia’s non-drubbing of South Africa. They were less pleased to learn that Aussie Matt now lives dangerously close to a rather busy international airport.
In this here article we casually write off the careers of three men with well over 30,000 Test runs between them. Because that’s how we roll.
This Test cricket gig can be fairly interesting at times. We reckon the format has just enough about it to ensure it might stick around for a bit longer yet.
After 30 years of lulling everyone into a false sense of security, England finally showed their true colours by going ballistic on a rank turner and destroyed their hosts in Mumbai.
As Chris Woakes lands in New Zealand pushing for a spot in the England squad, we start to look at other players who find themselves overseas this winter.
A remarkable day for England brought back memories of the last time we were genuinely happy – back in 1988 when we briefly had a job designing toys.