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West Indian greats at home and away: Perils of using cliches in analysis

July 15, 2021

When cliches take over ‘analysis’ we often get stupidity

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In Analysis, Closer look at Claims, Perception Readjustment, Use of Data Tags Joel Garner, Arunabha Sengupta, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Ian Bishop
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Tendulkar or Lara: Who is a better batsman? The question is often about defending the fan's memory

July 5, 2020

Was Tendulkar better or Lara? Most often the question is something else altogether. It becomes a defence of the fan’s memory … which in turn can be quite misleading. Kartikeya Date talks about how we should go about looking at the questions

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In Use of Data Tags Kartikeya Date, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara
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England cricket team and the triumph of data

July 13, 2019

Peter Moores was variously criticised, laughed at and ridiculed when he suggested that the English team had to look at the data after the 2015 World Cup exit. However, four years down the line, the very same data-driven strategy has worked wonders for them. Abhishek Mukherjee analyses

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In Use of Data Tags Peter Moores, Data, Abhishek Mukherjee, World Cup 2019
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