Archive - Criconometrics

Sunil Gavaskar is in a league of his own in terms of batting to save a Test match

Jan 10, 2020

The IPL Player auction is efficient, but for one important quirk

Dec 13, 2019

Rohit Sharma does slow down in his nervous nineties. However, does it really affect the team?

Dec 9, 2019

They do, but nowadays Australian batsmen slow down more

Dec 5, 2019

"Second innings Shami" might be a meme, but he is not the only current Indian fast bowler who excels in the second innings

Nov 21, 2019

Bangladesh might be the recent "specialists" in playing left arm orthodox spinners in tandem, but do you know India have bossed them there as well?

Nov 14, 2019

Batsmen look to preserve their wickets when a break in play approaches. Is it really effective?

Oct 29, 2019

Rate of scoring in Test cricket dramatically increased in the first few years of this century, before slowing down

Oct 17, 2019

T20 bowlers have very specific competencies, so selecting a T20 bowling combination is like solving a jigsaw puzzle

Oct 14, 2019

Keshav Maharaj claimed that the toss has had an outsized impact on the ongoing Test match. Is that true?

Oct 4, 2019

England have massively upped the proportion of runs scored through boundaries in the last four years

Jul 15, 2019

In this World Cup, England have won every time Liam Plunkett has played, and lost each time he hasn't

Jul 12, 2019

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