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The 51allout Podcast #51: November 19th 2013

After an elongated hiatus, the 51allout podcast is back with four grown men discussing which England quick bowler could eat the most bananas and what there actually is to do in Brisbane.

No Comments | November 19, 2013 | | Podcast | Tags: , , , , , , ,

Channel Nine Commentary Team: Season 2013/14 Preview

With some of their more experienced members missing, how are Team Channel Nine shaping up for the long season ahead? We run the rule over their prospects.

Being Bald Is Loads Better Than Being Ginger

The prospect of Matt Prior being injured isn’t making us happy.

1 Comment | November 12, 2013 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , ,

The Ashes: The Other Side Of The Story

There are two sides to every story. This side are the ones that drink XXXX.

No Comments | November 11, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , ,

Is Rankin or Tremlett or Finn the new Bresnan or Finn?

The boring old selection question has a new twist as exciting as Sophie Ellis Bextor’s charleston.

No Comments | November 7, 2013 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , , ,

Steve Harmison: The Last Of The Gang To Die

Steve Harmison can take the credit for driving us to gin back in 2006. The rest is history.

No Comments | October 14, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , ,

The 51allout Podcast #50: October 4th 2013

Unlike Mark Ramprakash in his first 16 Test innings, we’ve made it to 50. And what better way to celebrate than talking about the YB40 final, England’s Ashes squad and the great one-day finals of the early 90s?

No Comments | October 4, 2013 | | Podcast | Tags: , ,

Australia vs. England’s 4th XI

Despite picking an entire Airbus A380 of players for the two tours of Australia, there were enough omitted players to make a fairly reasonable XI.

No Comments | September 24, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , ,

One Of The Great What Ifs, #2: Graeme Hick Didn’t Get Shafted By Mike Atherton

After the success of making up stuff about Simon Jones, our brand new series reaches that difficult second album, where we address the awkward question of Graeme Hick and that declaration.

6 Comments | September 19, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , , , ,

One Of The Great What Ifs, #1: Simon Jones Was A Peak Of Humankind

Simon Jones’s retirement has left the 51allout crew in a state of shock. To get over it they drank gin and wondered about what might have been.

2 Comments | September 16, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , ,