Most of the existing methods for ranking Cricket players are based on the aggregated statistics of players: total runs/total wickets, batting/bowling average, strike rate/economy rate… Read More »A comparative ranking of Cricket players

We recently added a few new features on the Cricmetric, that will hopefully provide better statistical insight to our visitors about the game of Cricket.… Read More »New features on Cricmetric

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