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

Simon Katich: Criminally Underrated

August 21, 2020

Simon Katich was born on 21 Aug 1975

Chetan Chauhan: Written off too hastily?

August 17, 2020

Chetan Chauhan … was he discarded too soon?

How did the helmets affect Test cricket?

July 22, 2020

How did the helmets affect Test cricket?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Did Demon Spofforth have the measure of WG Grace?

January 31, 2015

WG Grace ruled the cricket world with the bat. Fred Spofforth did so with the ball. One played for England the other for Australia. The rivalry was bound to be legendary. But were the encounters one-sided? Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers to find whether or not the Demon had the edge on The Father of Cricket.

How did Don Bradman fare against Clarrie Grimmett

January 31, 2015

The tales of the rivalry between Don Bradman and Clarrie Grimmett are legendary. In his old age, Grimmett maintained that The Don was not really good against accurate leg spin. Bradman maintained that he knew all about Grimmett’s variations. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers to find out how they actually fared against each other.