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Lopsided Pitches: Think Again

July 7, 2023

Kartikeya Date looks at the conventional wisdom about pitches favouring fast bowlers and spinners

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In Analysis Tags Kartikeya Date, Data, Pitch, Fast, Turning track
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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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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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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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WG Grace: Greatest cricketer ever?

July 18, 2019

WG Grace, born July 18, 1848, was the first superstar of cricket and the man who gave it the form in which it is played today. He remains one of the greatest cricketers to have graced the sport. Abhishek Mukherjee evaluates Grace’s career in numbers to confirm the greatness of the legend.

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In Analysis Tags WG Grace, Abhishek Mukherjee
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