Anantha Narayanan

How do the top Test batters compare to Don Bradman?

A new measure, the Z-Score, gives us a more complete picture of the gap between the greatest batter and the rest

11-May-2024•Anantha Narayanan

Which teams recovered from 24 for 6 and 26 for 6 to win Tests?

A comprehensive look at the greatest recoveries in Test cricket

13-Apr-2024•Anantha Narayanan

Where will today's top Test players finish their careers?

With some of the best long-format players around approaching the twilight of their careers, here's a look at how many runs and wickets they're likely to end with

30-Mar-2024•Anantha Narayanan

The case of the shrinking Test match

From an average of 331 overs per decisive Test match in the 1990s, the figure has dropped to 295 since the start of 2020

09-Mar-2024•Anantha Narayanan

What is the lowest percentage of a team's score achieved by the top scorer in a Test?

And how many batters have had the same score in a Test, or bowlers the same analyses? Deep diving into stats to unearth quirky numbers

10-Feb-2024•Anantha Narayanan

Can the most memorable and forgettable Test series of all time be quantified?

Using the Test Quality Index to select the best games and series in Test history

13-Jan-2024•Anantha Narayanan

Where do Maxwell's double and Shami's seven-for rank in the list of all-time-great ODI performances?

A look at where notable performances in the 2023 World Cup rank on the all-time lists

09-Dec-2023•Anantha Narayanan

How often has one bowler dominated the bowling figures in a Test?

Or were wickets always shared around? Examining wicket-distribution patterns of the five most dominant teams in Test history

26-Nov-2023•Anantha Narayanan

What is the greatest bowling performance of all time in Tests?

Is it Hadlee's 9 for 52? Or Broad's 8 for 15? Or is it neither of those? A comprehensive rating system reveals all

26-Aug-2023•Anantha Narayanan

How do you rank the best Test bowling performances of all time?

Breaking down the method involved to come up with a rankings list

22-Jul-2023•Anantha Narayanan

Perera's 153, Laxman's 281 or Stokes' 135 - which is the best Test batting performance of all time?

A comprehensive rating system reveals all

03-Jun-2023•Anantha Narayanan

How to pick the best Test batting performances of all time

Breaking down the method involved to come up with a rankings list

20-May-2023•Anantha Narayanan

Thank you, England, for redefining Test cricket over the last ten months

An ode to their thrilling approach to Test cricket since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took over

08-Apr-2023•Anantha Narayanan

How do you rank the best captain in an individual Test?

The Captaincy Performance Index takes into account the team's performances and the captain's individual contribution to the team

11-Mar-2023•Anantha Narayanan

Which Test captains had the greatest effect on their team's fortunes?

Plus, the canniest captaincy tactics, the zaniest declarations, the luckiest toss winners, the overachievers, and more

25-Feb-2023•Anantha Narayanan

From Headingley 1948 to Mount Maunganui 2022: travelling through time to witness the best matches

The second part of the fantasy travelogue revisits iconic matches in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and England

12-Feb-2023•Anantha Narayanan

From Melbourne 1877 to Rawalpindi 2022: travelling through time to witness the best matches

A fantastical travelogue traverses time and space to witness 15 of the most thrilling contests in cricket, from England to the subcontinent and Australia

14-Jan-2023•Anantha Narayanan

Jayasuriya's stunner in Singapore, and other outliers from ODI history

Instances when a player or a team stood out for performing way above, or below, the mean

10-Dec-2022•Anantha Narayanan

How have first-innings numbers influenced the course of Tests?

Some teams have gone on to lose despite scoring big and others have bounced back from scores of as low as 45 to clinch wins

12-Nov-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Everything you wanted to know about run rates in Test cricket

The lowest run rate for a winning team, the highest difference between scoring rates in the same Test, and more

07-Oct-2022•Anantha Narayanan

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