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Australia vs. South Africa, First Test: Preview

Test Cricket is back in town! And that town is Brisbane, where they wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.

No Comments | November 8, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , ,

Australia vs. South Africa: The 51allout Predictions

With South Africa’s tour of Australia looming large on the horizon, the 51allout gang got together to predict the complete opposite of what will happen.

1 Comment | November 7, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

The Warmup Roundup

England and South Africa kindly played some cricket this week, purely for the benefit of filling in a gap in the 51allout schedule.

2 Comments | November 6, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , ,

Virat Kohli: The Indian Cricketing Adonis

We are massive fans of Virat Kohli. Some of us even think he might be a better cricketer than Steve Smith. The operative words being ‘some’ and ‘might’.

No Comments | November 4, 2012 | | Opinion | Tags: ,

The Commentators: Victor

An unsung member of the Test Match Special team.

1 Comment | November 3, 2012 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

Daytime Television And The Samit Patel Story

Sitting around all day watching TV and eating cakes/biscuits may cause you to end up as a fatty. Apropos of nothing, let’s talk about Samit Patel.

No Comments | November 2, 2012 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

The 51allout Podcast #10: November 1st 2012

James’s rubbish attempts to create a controversy from Australia’s Test selection aside, it was another fruitful week aboard the 51allout banterbus.

1 Comment | November 1, 2012 | | Podcast | Tags: , , , , , ,

The Tailender-Taking Talisman Tahir

We use some stats to assess the Test record of Imran Tahir.

No Comments | October 31, 2012 | | Scorer's Notes, Tests | Tags: ,

The Steve Smith Report: Part Two

The second Steve Smith Report features a depressing lack of Steve Smith in it. We do our best to talk about him anyway, because without Sir Steve Aussie domestic cricket is really, really, boring.