With the last International T20 game between Bangladesh and Pakistan having played on November 29, we come to an end to the 2011 season of International T20. The final WPA ranking of the players can be found on the rankings page. Mushfiqur Rahim retains the top position among batsman (thanks largely to his single knock… Read More »Final 2011 International T20 player rankings
Recently, we released our year by year rankings of the players in International T20 games based on the Win Probability Added (WPA) statistic, which can be accessed on the T20 player ranking page. You can also see the win probability graphs of all the games on the T20 page. The ICC also maintains a ranking… Read More »International T20 player rankings
Now that the Champions League 2011 is over, it is time to look at the top performers in the tournament. As usual, we rely on the Win Probability Added (WPA) statistic for this analysis. A quick glance at the tournament WPA table tells us the following: West Indies has got talent: The top 3 players… Read More »The best players in Champions League 2011
The T20 game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and South Australia in the Champions Trophy has to be among one of the craziest played in the recent years. South Australia batted first and scored 214 runs, which in a normal game would have been a landslide victory for the team batting first. Instead, in the second… Read More »Analyzing a crazy T20 match
While following the live win probability of the Mumbai Indians versus Trinidad and Tobago match, a good old friend of mine pinged me on the instant messenger and asked me: What is this Champions Trophy? When did it start? Isn’t there too much Cricket? And what is going to happen to the Test Matches, the… Read More »IPL, Champions Trophy and the free market economics
In this series of the anatomy of an average T20 player, we investigate the following question: what does an “average” T20 player like? This is an important question, because it helps us establish a baseline using which we can compare player performances, and judge whether a player has performed “above average” or “below average”. We… Read More »The anatomy of an average T20 player: Part 1
The Champions League Twenty20 tournament has started. 13 teams will be competing in the tournament over 29 matches for the title trophy. The tournament includes the top Twenty20 teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. (Conspicuous by its absence in this tournament are top Twenty20 teams from Pakistan.) As always,… Read More »The Champions League Twenty20 is here
The second innings in the fourth one-day game between India and England, especially in the last few overs, was a see-saw affair between the two countries. The fortune changed many times, and in the end it was rain that decided the outcome of the game. Tie was probably a fair outcome for both the teams,… Read More »The see-saw one day game
Shane Watson is a terrific all rounder – probably one of the best in Cricket. He was also the man of the series of the first season of IPL in 2008, playing for the Rajasthan Royals. But was he really the most valuable player on the Rajasthan Royals team that year? When we completed the… Read More »Elementary, My dear Watson?
The game ended in a draw, thanks to the rain gods, but the honors in the game rested with India. At the time the game was called off, England was tottering at 27 runs with the loss of 2 wickets after 7.2 overs. The win probability of England at this point was exactly 0, as… Read More »Game recap: England vs India, 1st ODI, Chester-le-Street