South Africa vs Netherlands Prediction: South Africa (67%) expected to beat Netherlands (33%) comfortably The main question going into this match is not who will win the match. It is pretty much a given that South Africa will easily defeat the Netherlands. The main question is what will be the margin of victory for the… Read More »World T20 2014: Predictions for March 27 matches
West Indies vs Bangladesh Prediction: West Indies (59%) expected to beat Bangladesh (41%) comfortably West Indies are the defending champions, and Bangladesh is the host country of the tournament. So there should have been an exciting build-up leading to this contest. Instead, both the teams find themselves on shaky grounds, with West Indies losing to… Read More »World T20 2014: Predictions for March 25 matches
South Africa vs New Zealand Prediction: South Africa (51%) expected to edge out New Zealand (49%) in a close match South Africa and New Zealand match up fairly well against each other, and we expect that this match will go down to the wire. A lot depends on whether Faf du Plessis plays for South… Read More »World T20 2014: Predictions for March 24 matches
Australia vs Pakistan Prediction: Pakistan has a 57% chance of defeating Australia. Pakistan has some real T20 heavyweights in their team. They just can’t win against India in a World Cup match, otherwise this team is as good as any other in this tournament. They have the right players, what they need is to hold… Read More »World T20 2014: Predictions for March 23 matches
Sri Lanka vs South Africa Prediction: Sri Lanka have a 55% chance of beating South Africa Sri Lanka are fielding one of the strongest teams in this tournament, and are definitely a favorite to win it all this time. They have both a very good batting as well as a bowling lineup. Wild cards: Watch… Read More »World T20 2014: Predictions for March 22 matches
The main round of the World T20 tournament is currently underway in Bangladesh. During this tournament, we will generate a prediction before each match as to which team is most likely to win that match. The prediction for the match(es) on each day will be published on the website in a blog post. One match… Read More »Generating pre-match predictions for the main round of World T20
The player auction for IPL 2014 is currently underway. You can find the price at which each player has been auctioned for on the IPL player salary page. We will be regularly updating this page as the auction continues, so stay tuned. On this page, you will also find the player salaries in the previous… Read More »IPL 2014 player auction
On October 16th, Australia scored 359 runs in the first innings in the ODI against India. Australia must have felt pretty good about their chances; after all India had never chased down a 300+ target against them before. Indeed, the win probability of Australia stood at 1 after the end of 1st innings. What followed… Read More »Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
We just added the Leader Board page on Cricmetric, using which one can generate sortable statistics for players/teams for Cricket matches played year 2002 onwards. Using this tool, one can quickly find the leading players or teams in terms of basic statistics, such as total runs or bowling economy rate. In future, we will also… Read More »Announcing the launch of the Leader Board Page
Amit Mishra made the following comment after the qualifying match of Sunrisers Hyderabad against Faisalabad Wolves in the ongoing Champions League T20: “I have always believed that since a legspinner has more variations, it is tougher for a left-hander to play him …” This is certainly an interesting comment, coming from a leg spinner himself.… Read More »Amit Mishra’s claim about leg spinners is not quite true