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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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Cricket's Birthday Problem

November 15, 2020

In any cricket match, there is a 47.58% chance of two players among the 22 fielded sharing the same birthday.

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In Saying it with Figures, Perception Readjustment, Analysis Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Birthday Problem
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How Good is Ashwin?

September 16, 2020

How good is Ashwin?

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In Analysis Tags Ravichandran Ashwin, Arunabha Sengupta
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Mohammed Shami: A pace spearhead of a rare kind in Indian cricket

September 3, 2020

Mohammad Shami was born on 3 Sep 1990

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In Analysis Tags Mohammad Shami, Arunabha Sengupta
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How incredible is Anderson's incredible feat of fitness and longevity?

August 26, 2020

How incredible is Anderson’s feat of 600 wickets in terms of fitness and longevity? It is incredible, but not really as unimaginable as it is being made out to be

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In Closer look at Claims Tags Arunabha Sengupta, James Anderson, Courtney Walsh, Richard Hadlee
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Chetan Chauhan: Written off too hastily?

August 17, 2020

Chetan Chauhan … was he discarded too soon?

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In Analysis Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Chetan Chauhan
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How did the helmets affect Test cricket?

July 22, 2020

How did the helmets affect Test cricket?

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In Closer look at Claims Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Effect of Helmets
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Who was the best against the famous four-pronged West Indian pace attack?

July 3, 2020

It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for nearly 20 years. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers to see who the best batsmen were against fearsome fast bowling.

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In Analysis, Perception Readjustment Tags Wasim Raja, Sunil Gavaskar, Arunabha Sengupta
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The Boundary Rule of CWC19: What if we had such measures in other sports?

July 15, 2019

What are the ‘more boundaries’ rule in other sports? Arunabha Sengupta ponders

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In Stupidity Tags Boundary Rule, Cricket World Cup 2019, Arunabha Sengupta
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