Anantha Narayanan

After the comprehensive analysis on Test batsmen, it's the turn of the bowlers to be put under the scanner

A variation on the ODI strike rate piece done last time, incorporating a couple of reader suggestions.

A comparison of batsmen career strike rates with the strike rates of the rest of the team in the matches played by the batsman indicates how quickly he scored compared to his team-mates

After looking at all comments to my previous article on best Test batsmen, I have come up with a revised set of tables which are a great improvement and should satisfy most readers

My review of the World Twenty looks at the areas not covered by Cricinfo's stats pages and by S Rajesh's review

A detailed analysis of the Twenty20 internationals played so far

One may love or hate IPL but certainly cannot ignore it

There were a number of useful suggestions to my previous article on Test batsmen, and I am considering incorporating a number of these suggestions

It is my pet theory that it does not matter which bowler the captain bowls in T20

This is one of the most awaited analyses and has been in the pipeline for long

There is something romantic about teams recovering from totally disastrous situations to post respectable totals since invariably the late order batsmen come into play

A number of readers had raised queries requesting me to answer those

Recently I received a trigger mail that the first four Indian batsmen during the recently concluded Napier Test had a batting average above 50

Finally I have come around to my first T20 analysis

Some readers have suggested that I should look at the worst bowlers in Test cricket the same way I have looked at the worst specialist batsmen

A number of remarks raised in response to my last article on the worst Test batsmen suggested that I should also look at the specialist batsmen to determine who was the worst ever

A lot of analysis has been done on the best batsmen in Test cricket

During the last few Tests of 2008 I got the feeling that late order batsmen were playing rear-guard innings far more effectively than they normally do

This analysis covers 19 premier Test grounds across 9 countries

How do today's great opening batsmen like Hayden, Sehwag and Smith compare with those of the past like Hobbs, Gavaskar and Sutcliffe