A gradual but inevitable descent into cricket-based loathing and bile.

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Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #49: Chris Read

You duck one perfectly straight slower ball and you never hear the end of it.

3 Comments | May 20, 2014 | | Opinion | 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 YB40 Final Preview Spectacular!

It’s YB40 final day! The showcase of the English summer! Now where’s the gin?

No Comments | September 21, 2013 | | 40/50-over | 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: , , ,

Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #29: Simon Jones

Jones the ball: the Darren Anderton of cricket.

No Comments | April 26, 2013 | | Opinion | Tags: , , ,

Classic Series Review: 2005 Ashes, Part Four (Trent Bridge)

The Chinese, Vietnamese, the Korean and the Japanese are superstitious about the number four because it is a homonym for “death” in their languages. The fourth game of the 2005 series wasn’t far off backing that up.

No Comments | October 25, 2012 | | Classic Series | Tags: , , , , ,

Classic Series Review: 2005 Ashes, Part Three (Old Trafford)

With the series level at 1-1, both sides headed to Manchester with ASHES FEVER in full swing. Either that or being so far North was bringing everyone out in a rash.

2 Comments | October 24, 2012 | | Classic Series | Tags: , , , , , ,