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England vs. South Africa, Second Test: Day Three Review

With the war a mere eight days old, Kevin Pietersen led England’s belated battle charge.

2 Comments | August 4, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , ,

England vs. South Africa, Second Test: Day Two Review

England contrived to fail to bowl their opponents out for most of the day, but again kept themselves in the game with a strong final session.

No Comments | August 3, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

I Want To Retire, No Longer Required: The Kevin Pietersen Story

Even from beyond the grave, Kevin Pietersen’s international limited overs career continues to stir debate. Just to reiterate: Kevin Pietersen is not dead, it was just a joke that seems to have been taken seriously by a few people. And a national television channel.

5 Comments | July 28, 2012 | | Opinion | Tags: , , ,

England vs. South Africa, First Test: Day Four Review

This wasn’t just like kicking a man when he’s down, it was kicking him, then hauling the body to the toilet to ‘look at the goldfish’.

2 Comments | July 22, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , ,

County Championship 2012: The Week That Might Be

The County Championship is back! If it was 1989, this would presumably have been one of the lead stories for this week’s edition of the Junior Gazette.

No Comments | July 16, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , ,

How Do You Solve The English Domestic T20 ‘Problem’?

With T20 crowds in England at their lowest since the format was invented in 2003, Steve Grant pinpoints the reason and offers a very simple solution.

6 Comments | July 4, 2012 | | Opinion, T20 | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

England vs. West Indies, First ODI: Review

The crowd came out in numbers to see one of the great limited overs openers bashing the ball to all parts. And that’s exactly what they got.

1 Comment | June 17, 2012 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , , , , ,

England vs. West Indies, First ODI: Preview

And so begins a one-day jamboree. Strap in.

No Comments | June 16, 2012 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , , ,

FLT20: The Big Preview

Is that actually a crowd at a county game? It can mean only one thing – it’s T20 time! We got the 51allout brains trust together to basically backtrack on all the previews we did at the start of the season.

No Comments | June 12, 2012 | | Opinion, T20 | Tags: , , , , ,

Pietersen Pieters Out

Kevin Pietersen can be described as many things. Impulsive. Exciting. The man who pinched our future wife. And now a former limited overs international player.

5 Comments | June 5, 2012 | | Opinion, Scorer's Notes | Tags: , , , ,