In the just played 5th match of the CB Series between India and Sri Lanka, Lasith Malinga bowled just 5 deliveries instead of the usual… Read More »Malinga’s missed delivery – what could it have been?

Death bowling in ODI is a conundrum which the captains often face when the team is bowling first. Should a team use its strike bowlers… Read More »Who are the best death bowlers in ODI?

After looking at the average batsmen in ODI in the year 2011, we conclude the series on the anatomy of average players by looking at… Read More »The anatomy of an average One Day player: Part 2

In two previous posts, we characterized in statistical terms an “average” T20 player. In this new series, we look at what an average ODI player… Read More »The anatomy of an average One Day player: Part 1

The Duckworth-Lewis method (henceforth referred to as the D/L method) is a well-known method used for resetting targets, or deciding the outcome of rain-affected limited… Read More »A proposal for deciding the outcome of rain-terminated matches

In the first part of the series on the anatomy of an average T20 player, we looked at what an average bowler in T20 cricket… Read More »The anatomy of an average T20 player: Part 2

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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »Analyzing a crazy T20 match