Andy Zaltzman

Andy Zaltzman

Stand-up comedian; writer

Just how bad are Australia?

Just how bad are Australia?

Not as much as they look at the moment, is the answer, children. Ten irrefutable splodges of statistical truth-telling to get you through the night

19-Mar-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Pietersen's magical second-Test abilities

Pietersen's magical second-Test abilities

When overseas, England's best batsman seems to be playing on a trampoline

15-Mar-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The importance of making 163 on debut

The importance of making 163 on debut

Or why Hamish Rutherford has blown his chance at immortality: a piercing statistical analysis

12-Mar-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Lions with snoring problems, and light-sleeping wildebeest

Lions with snoring problems, and light-sleeping wildebeest

Aka everything you wanted to know about the New Zealand-England Test series but were afraid to ask

05-Mar-2013•Andy Zaltzman

MS Dhoni: thrives when the knives are sharpened

MS Dhoni: thrives when the knives are sharpened

Bump him up to No. 6 and see the magic unfold

26-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Pakistan's anti-performance and other facts from Newlands

Pakistan's anti-performance and other facts from Newlands

A statistical analysis of what went down in Cape Town

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Multistat: 20

Multistat: 20

Some eye-gouging stats about Dale Steyn and his contemporaries

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

What sub-50 innings scores teach us

What sub-50 innings scores teach us

A wealth of learning is packed into this post. (And also the most meaningless stat of the month)

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Wanted: more Powerplays, and warlocks as umpires

Wanted: more Powerplays, and warlocks as umpires

Lessons to be learnt from series gone past

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Using over-rate fines for important research

Using over-rate fines for important research

If something isn't done to stop cricket from further slowing down, the game could be severely threatened by 2100

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Viva New Zealand

Viva New Zealand

Whatever would connoisseurs of inconsequential stats do without their contributions?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Aristotle's predictions for 2013

Aristotle's predictions for 2013

Famous Greek philosopher weighs in on the year ahead. Hypothetically

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Faisalabad Befuddler, and a collective tribute to Chris Martin

The Faisalabad Befuddler, and a collective tribute to Chris Martin

Includes Cricketer of the Earth and what the BCCI needs to do to make Gautam Gambhir score runs again

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The mercilessly squeezed goose and other stories

The mercilessly squeezed goose and other stories

In other words, the Confectionery Stall's World Cricket Awards, part one

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Nagpur slab of compacted disappointment

The Nagpur slab of compacted disappointment

An anti-climax of epic proportions

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Willy Shakespeare's famous words, and the RP malaise

Willy Shakespeare's famous words, and the RP malaise

One bowler defines everything that's wrong with Indian cricket

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

England have won the Ashes

England have won the Ashes

Why Australia may as well not bother showing up next year

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Ashwin administers CPR

Ashwin administers CPR

And the Indian hope that lies not in its fields but its stands

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Get a move on, will you?

Get a move on, will you?

How can you not be irked by the outbreak of dawdling on day three in Kolkata?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

India show how it shouldn't be done

India show how it shouldn't be done

And debating the impregnability of Alastair Cook

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

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