Kevin Petersen‘s struggles against left-handed spinners are well-documented. Since making his debut in Test Cricket in 2005, Pietersen averages 61.8 against right-handed spinners, whereas he… Read More »The Kevin Pietersen effect
In the recent match between Sri Lanka and England in the World T20 tournament, Sri Lanka employed a clever tactic to avoid the possibility of… Read More »A proposal for penalizing slow over rate in limited over Cricket matches
The World T20 just started yesterday, and with that we have also unveiled our new scoreboard. Previously, we were displaying only the win probability added (WPA)… Read More »Unveiling the new Cricmetric scoreboard
In a recent article praising the performance of the Indian Under-19 team in the recently concluded World Cup, Ian Chappell made a statement which goes as follows:… Read More »Fact checking: The best spinner in Mr. Chappell’s fantasy world
Today, we present a new method for ranking Cricket players. Or rather, we should say we are presenting a new experiment in ranking players. In… Read More »Crowdsourcing player rankings
Ranking the teams in any team sport is an interesting problem, especially when the teams do not play the same number of matches against other… Read More »A new approach for ranking teams
How much does a particular venue affect the scoring rate in the limited over Cricket? It is well known, for example, that scoring rate is… Read More »The effect of venue on scoring rate in ODIs
How do different teams fare against the spin bowlers in the limited over Cricket games? The weakness of some international teams against spinners in Test… Read More »The good, the not so good and the ugly players of spin
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of our generation. There is no debate about this fact. However, it brings little comfort to the opposing team… Read More »How to bell the cat (aka Sachin Tendulkar)
After observing Pakistan lose spectacularly to Sri Lanka from a position of strength in the last two one-day games between the two teams, the first… Read More »The biggest chokers in One Day Cricket