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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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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 most difficult batsmen to dismiss once set

February 2, 2015

We often hear commentators branding batsmen as ‘difficult to dismiss once set’. However, can we really validate this claim for different batsmen? Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers and comes up with rather surprising results.

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In Perception Readjustment Tags Most difficult batsmen to dismiss
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George Headley - was he really tested at the highest level?

January 31, 2015

George Headley was celebrated by his fans as second only to Don Bradman. Some even went to the extent to call Bradman the White Headley. However,Arunabha Sengupta tries to find out whether there is sufficient evidence to say that he was indeed better than the rest of the batsmen of his time.

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In Perception Readjustment Tags George Headley
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How did helmets affect the dynamics between fast bowlers and batsmen?

January 26, 2015

Arunabha Sengupta looks at the perception that helmets affected the revenue of pace bowlers since they came into play from 1978.

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In Perception Readjustment Tags Effect of Helmets
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