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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Tendulkar's Test career: into uncharted waters

Anantha Narayanan: An objective statistical analysis of Sachin Tendulkar's Test career

Sachin Tendulkar saw a few ups and downs during his Test career. © BCCI

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Richards Standard for ODI batsmen

Kartikeya Date: Which modern-day batsmen can match the speed and certainty of Viv Richards' run-making?

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Amla's Irfan problem

Hassan Cheema: The South African has been one of the best one-day batsmen in the last five years, but now a tall left-armer is making a dent in his impressive stats

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Why the new fielding restrictions in ODIs are a good idea

Kartikeya Date: Bowlers who err go for boundaries and bowlers who are consistent challenge batsmen to take risks

NOVEMBER 03, 2013

Are India's bowling woes part of a larger trend?

Kartikeya Date: Has T20 affected one-day cricket on a large scale, or is it mostly an Indian phenomenon?

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The Lord's anomaly

Jon Hotten: There's something curiously wonderful about the fact that batting's big four - Tendulkar, Lara, Ponting and Kallis - never made Test hundreds at the home of cricket

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Where are Pakistan's daddy hundreds?

Hassan Cheema: Gone are the days of Miandad and Zaheer Abbas. Now a kid coming in aims to make a fifty; a hundred seems beyond expectations

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Is Test cricket in better health than ever before?

Kartikeya Date: We tend to believe the game was better and more competitive in the past. But the truth as seen through the numbers is more complicated

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Two gladiators, 22 yards, five days

Anantha Narayanan: A look at the most interesting duels between a batsman and a bowler in Test cricket

OCTOBER 07, 2013

One-off saucepan sizzlers

Andy Zaltzman: Part two of the flash-in-the-pan XI features bowlers who rattled the opposition once and then went off to lead a peaceful, non-violent existence

OCTOBER 05, 2013

How do openers affect No. 3 batsmen?

Kartikeya Date: The success or failure of openers shifts the average of No. 3 batsmen by about ten runs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Tripping up at the home stretch

Anantha Narayanan: A look at ODIs lost from the brink of victory

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

When Imran walked on water

Stuart Wark: Botham's 1981 Ashes has been enshrined in legend, but was it the greatest all-round performance in a single series?

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

The Barnes standard

Kartikeya Date: Many consider Sydney Barnes the best bowler in Test history. Which bowlers match him?

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Great ODI recoveries

Anantha Narayanan: A look at the top successful ODI chases achieved from positions of no hope

SEPTEMBER 05, 2013

The unsung micro-Botham

Andy Zaltzman: In this Ashes series, Tim Bresnan was statistically unspectacular but impactful

SEPTEMBER 04, 2013

The Bradman standard

Kartikeya Date: The Don is head and shoulders above the rest, but which batsmen come closest?

SEPTEMBER 03, 2013

Ashes myths and realities

Michael Jeh: An amateur stats analysis of the recent series, and a look at what we could expect Down Under at the end of the year

SEPTEMBER 03, 2013

Fighting corruption? Look to American sport

Sidin Vadukut: The stats, the graphics, the jargon - can any honest-to-god fixer cope with it all?

AUGUST 31, 2013

Ashes 2013: battles within the war

Anantha Narayanan: Head-to-head stats for England v Australia 2013 using ball-by-ball data

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