Kartikeya Date

Abhishek Sharma, Babar Azam, and why we need new measures for T20 hitting

Over the last eight-odd years, some batters have worked out new ways to score quickly in T20, while others have stuck with old methods

05-Feb-2026 • 3 hrs ago•Kartikeya Date

What if teams got more points for taking Tests longer (without drawing)?

The current WTC system is weighed in favour of bowler-friendly pitches. Here's one that aims to incentivise longer Test matches that end in an outright result

01-Dec-2025•Kartikeya Date

The way batters approach the single tells us there is room for bigger scoring in T20

Can more runs be scored in T20 than at present? It would appear so

12-May-2025•Kartikeya Date

How to be successful in the Champions Trophy? Look to the middle overs

In ODI cricket in 2025, the contest belongs to the team that can maximise batting and bowling efficiency in overs 11 to 40

20-Feb-2025•Kartikeya Date

How lucky were India on their last tour of Australia? A statistical model tells us

An analysis of expected runs and wickets, based on false shots played by batters

24-Oct-2024•Kartikeya Date

What does the scoring spree of the 2024 IPL tell us?

An analysis of the ramifications of the higher scoring rate and the impact sub on the contest between bat and ball

07-Jun-2024•Kartikeya Date

What's luck got to do with it: a control review of the World Cup

Why England were a pale shadow of their 2019 selves, and how Australia's power-over-technique template paid off

14-Dec-2023•Kartikeya Date

Has Virat Kohli done enough to be called the greatest ODI batter ever?

As ever with these things, the competition is with Sachin Tendulkar. AB de Villiers and Viv Richards come into the picture too

01-Nov-2023•Kartikeya Date

Why the current India side is the best Test team of its time

They have won close to two-thirds of their Tests in the most recent cycle, and their fast bowlers and spinners alike have delivered stellar numbers

12-Jul-2023•Kartikeya Date

Were the pitches tougher to bat on in the 2023 India-Australia series or the 2017 one? Here's what the data says

Looking at pitching lines and lengths for offspinners against right-hand batters tells a story

13-Apr-2023•Kartikeya Date

Do India choke in high-profile ODIs? Here's what the numbers say

There is no evidence in the record of "pressure" having an effect on the outcome of a game

27-Feb-2023•Kartikeya Date

Virat Kohli is India's slowest-scoring batter in T20 internationals. Should he go down the order?

In T20, how quickly a player scores depends on how quickly they accelerate, not on their strike rate at the end

06-Dec-2022•Kartikeya Date

Why T20 hitting is not just a more risky version of batting

And how Pakistan have not quite caught up with the other international teams when it comes to going on the attack

02-Oct-2022•Kartikeya Date

Who is a genuine allrounder? Do Kallis, Hadlee and Jadeja fit the bill?

Looking at it on the basis of players' batting and bowling contributions per match throws up some interesting lists

04-Jul-2022•Kartikeya Date

Does strike rotation matter in cricket? Yes, but not in the ways you might think

How the outcome of one ball affects the batter's response on the next varies between formats

20-Apr-2022•Kartikeya Date

Do we really need neutral umpires anymore?

The DRS numbers over the last three years show that there is no case for saying that home umpires are biased

16-Dec-2021•Kartikeya Date

Are Kohli and Pujara in slumps? Let's look at what the control data says

Looking at whether a batter is in control on a delivery can tell us about the trade-offs they make between risk and reward

26-Aug-2021•Kartikeya Date

What lines and lengths should you bowl to Kohli, Smith, Williamson, Root and Pujara?

An analysis of beehive data of lines and lengths bowled to these batters from 2012 onwards provides some insights

05-Jul-2021•Kartikeya Date

What looking at James Anderson's and Ishant Sharma's careers as collections of spells tells us about them as bowlers

There's a fair bit to be learned by looking at these bowlers in terms of the support (or lack of it) at the other end

30-Mar-2021•Kartikeya Date

How long can a batsman score poorly before it's more serious than just a matter of bad form?

Why form is more about technique than scores

19-Jan-2021•Kartikeya Date

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