Category Archives: statistics

Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Krishna

Sometime back, I tried to analyze whether Ricky Ponting could overtake Sachin Tendulkar in Tests. At that time, the stats stood at Player Tests Runs Avg 100s Age Comparison Tendulkar 157 12499 54.58 41 – 4 tons ahead Ponting 131 … Continue reading →

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Sehwag’s Strange Statistics

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Krishna

In his early career days, when people used to talk about Sehwag, some compared his physique and batting style to Tendulkar, implying that he was a poor imitation. Over the years, Sehwag has created a different legacy for himself even … Continue reading →

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India’s Test History

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Krishna

India just marked their 100th Test victory with a thumping win against Sri Lanka. It was interesting reading the statistics of India’s Test history. India is the nation that has taken the most number of matches (432) to reach 100 Test … Continue reading →

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Winning IPL Scores

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Krishna

Twenty20 being a recent innovation, teams and players are still trying to come to terms with strategies and tactics necessary to win the matches. One element of this is what score is good enough? Obviously, one should try to make … Continue reading →

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A Cricketing View Joins Rediff and Cricinfo in Statistics Hell

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Krishna

Kartikeya Date at A Cricketing View writes a good cricket blog, but he seems to have caught the statistics virus that is going around. We previously blogged about how first Rediff and then Cricinfo seem to be carelessly using statistics … Continue reading →

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Will Ponting Overtake Tendulkar?

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Krishna

Teams fight against each other to win Test and ODI series, but there are other competitions going on, especially in the individual record space. One of these is who will remain on the Mount Everest of cricket, i.e., who will … Continue reading →

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The New Australian Team

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Krishna

Australia have made a confident start to their effort to regain the No.1 Test ranking from South Africa by first posting an above-average Wanderers score of 466 and then reducing the South Africans to 85 for 3. The Test could … Continue reading →

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Triple Century-Makers in Cricket Tests

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Krishna

Younis Khan, playing the captain’s knock of a lifetime, scored a triple century to help Pakistan avoid a follow-on against Sri Lanka and overhaul the enormous Lankan total of 644/7. While the pitch is a graveyard for bowlers, fast and … Continue reading →

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England Team Keeps Fans Confused

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Krishna

England have bounced back from their spectacular low of 51 all out in the first Test against the West Indies with a monumental total of 566. With almost all the England players cashing in with 2 centuries and 3 fifties, … Continue reading →

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Team Victories and Player Churn

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Krishna

Nobody wants to change a winning combination, and everybody and their brother have an opinion on how should be kicked out of the team if a team loses. Using actual statistics (the 2008 Test results), let us take a look … Continue reading →

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