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

How often has conservative batting cost teams ODI (and Test) wins?

Key instances when sides under-utilised their batting resources and paid the price

10-Sep-2022•Anantha Narayanan

How England aced their four spectacular Test chases this summer

A closer look at the win percentages at each stage of those matches, and the personnel who made it happen for England

07-Aug-2022•Anantha Narayanan

A 77-ball duck, century-making No. 10s, and a bowler who conceded five runs in 32 overs

Who performed these feats? The answers are revealed in this, part two of a survey of unusual occurrences in Test cricket

09-Jul-2022•Anantha Narayanan

The 'real value' of wickets: can anyone match McGrath?

And which was the most valuable wicket in Test history? Find out in this comprehensive analysis

20-Jun-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Eleven ducks, 38 spin wickets, and other unusual occurrences in Tests

How many times have all 11 batters scored in double digits? We look at that and other rare events in cricket

11-Jun-2022•Anantha Narayanan

India's 36 all out, and other dramatic finishes to Tests

Matches that turned on their heads on the last day to produce a result

14-May-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Who had the more impressive ten-Test winning streaks - Australia or West Indies?

And how have other teams fared in their ten best and worst consecutive Tests?

09-Apr-2022•Anantha Narayanan

More runs, boundaries and wickets, fewer no-balls, matches and run-outs: a look at 51 years of men's ODIs

Analysing the major batting and bowling trends in one-day internationals over the last half-century

19-Mar-2022•Anantha Narayanan

The 'real value' of runs: where Root, Lara and Laxman shine

An exhaustive analysis determining the worth of a batter's Test runs has a great allrounder as the biggest gainer

05-Mar-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Which players have had the worst batting and bowling slumps in Tests?

A look at batters who scored the fewest runs per Test and bowlers who took two wickets or fewer per Test, over ten Tests or more

12-Feb-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Dale Steyn and Wasim Akram bowling in tandem? Here's a Test side where that happens

An all-time Test XV picked by readers

08-Jan-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Where does Bangladesh's win rank among the greatest upsets in Tests?

A comprehensive, numbers-based look at the greatest upsets in Tests, taking into account team strengths, recent form and result margin

05-Jan-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Which were the most dominant teams in the T20 World Cup?

An analysis of the tournament that looks at resources remaining at the end of each match

04-Dec-2021•Anantha Narayanan

What looking at the halfway mark of Tests and innings tells us about them

A deep dive into patterns of runs scored and wickets taken at halfway points of Test matches and innings

13-Nov-2021•Anantha Narayanan

Why Garry Sobers is the top allrounder in Tests and Shakib Al Hasan in ODIs

Rating the leading allrounders of the two formats

09-Oct-2021•Anantha Narayanan

What have been the most significant batting, bowling and all-round contributions in Test history?

Analysing the impact of teams and players on match results

11-Sep-2021•Anantha Narayanan

How do the top players compare with Don Bradman and Sydney Barnes?

A look at the best streaks of elite batters and bowlers versus the gold standard

07-Aug-2021•Anantha Narayanan

The Weighted Batting Average (WBA) in Tests - updated

The batting average favours batters with many not-outs, while the Runs-per-Innings metric penalises batsmen for low not-out scores. The WBA is the middle ground that is fair to all

06-Aug-2021•Anantha Narayanan

The best teams across 145 years of Test cricket - part two

A look at the teams with the longest, and most imposing, dominant streaks, and a comparison of the best Australia and West Indies teams

26-Jun-2021•Anantha Narayanan

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