A look at performances in ODIs in which teams didn't make use of all their resources, and ended up losing matches despite having plenty of wickets in hand

After a few tweaks in response to reader suggestions, here is an improved version of the piece that was done on May 23

How strong is an ODI team and how do the teams compare over the 37 years of ODI cricket

Many good suggestions were received to my previous post on quality of wickets taken by bowlers

In the wickets column of scorecards there is the bland pronouncement that a bowler has captured x number of wickets

My previous post on bowler consistency has attracted plenty of comments

How does one measure a Test bowler's consistency

My blog post from January 9 has received a fair number of comments

Where does a batsman bat in Tests

Readers have written in with replies and suggestions on batting averages, and the extended version

The batting average is a simple and fairly convenient way of putting a number to a player’s batting ability, but it doesn’t give the entire picture