Anantha Narayanan

Anantha Narayanan

Tendulkar and Richards swap places as best ODI batsmen

Tendulkar and Richards swap places as best ODI batsmen

In my previous article I had taken two important ODI batting measures and attempted to analyse batsmen skills using those

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Sir Donald Bradman - a fresh analytical look

Sir Donald Bradman - a fresh analytical look

I am not sure whether I would jump with joy if someone, as reported recently, conclusively proved that Don Bradman scored those elusive four runs, by mistake credited to Jack Ryder, during 1929

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Richards the king, Tendulkar his heir

Richards the king, Tendulkar his heir

The ODI batting average is a single-dimensional measure incorporating only one part of the total measure needed to measure a batsman, viz, runs scored

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The highest peaks and lowest troughs for batsmen

The highest peaks and lowest troughs for batsmen

Brian Lara finished his career with a batting average of more than 50

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The best performance in a single Test

The best performance in a single Test

When people talk of the most outstanding performances in a single Test match, a few superlative displays come to mind

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The night-watchman story - Part II

The night-watchman story - Part II

In the first part I looked at a methodology for determining night-watchman situations and looked at individual performances

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The best night-watchman in Tests - Part I

The best night-watchman in Tests - Part I

The night-watchman concept in Test cricket is a paradox

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

'Unfulfilled' team innings in ODI matches

'Unfulfilled' team innings in ODI matches

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Why Australia's 2001 line-up is the best ODI side- A follow-up

Why Australia's 2001 line-up is the best ODI side- A follow-up

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Why Australia's 2001 line-up is the best ODI side

Why Australia's 2001 line-up is the best ODI side

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Bowlers with the most high-quality wickets - a follow-up

Bowlers with the most high-quality wickets - a follow-up

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The bowlers who took the most high-quality wickets

The bowlers who took the most high-quality wickets

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Bowler consistency analysis - a follow-up

Bowler consistency analysis - a follow-up

My previous post on bowler consistency has attracted plenty of comments

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The most consistent bowlers in Tests

The most consistent bowlers in Tests

How does one measure a Test bowler's consistency

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The best batsmen at each position

The best batsmen at each position

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The one-position batsmen, and the drifters

The one-position batsmen, and the drifters

Where does a batsman bat in Tests

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Tackling not-outs, and answering reader queries

Tackling not-outs, and answering reader queries

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The new, improved batting average

The new, improved batting average

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

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

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