Kartikeya Date

Which current player is No. 2 among Test batsmen of all time when measured against the performances of the average player?

The Runs Above Average Replacement metric provides a fuller assessment of batsmen than just their average

19-Jul-2020•Kartikeya Date

Is the DRS a good thing? Yes if you're a fingerspinner, no if you're a left-hand batsman

How have batsmen and bowlers gained and lost under the various eras of the lbw law?

12-Jun-2020•Kartikeya Date

Why New Zealand should be at the top of the ODI rankings now

It's a good idea for the ICC to adopt the ELO system to rank teams

13-May-2020•Kartikeya Date

Is there an advantage to having left-right pairs at the crease?

In the first half of ODI innings, yes. In Tests, not really

20-Mar-2020•Kartikeya Date

Four-day Tests could be game-changing if they are structured right

To be truly successful, Test cricket has to fit better into contemporary life

05-Feb-2020•Kartikeya Date

Kohli and de Villiers in limited-overs chases: who does it better?

An analysis of their numbers brings distinct patterns to light

11-Jan-2020•Kartikeya Date

How do we rate an ODI century made in 1972 against one made this year?

There are ways to account for the fluctuating value of a hundred in one-dayers

23-Nov-2019•Kartikeya Date

Was Dhoni someone who looked to take games to the last over? Not quite

To see him in that light is to misunderstand what he truly brought to the game

21-Sep-2019•Kartikeya Date

Why Kohli's side is the best Indian ODI team ever

Looking at how they have performed against top-rated opposition bears out the claim

24-Jul-2019•Kartikeya Date

Why the bat-ball balance now is probably the best it has been in ODI history

The ICC has been on a quest to get it right since 2005; the rules put in place four years ago might be the closest we have come to optimum so far

01-Jul-2019•Kartikeya Date

Keep wickets in hand or go hard? A look at the first 25 years of ODI history

A look at how ODI cricket before 2005 approached the question of risking wickets efficiently to score the highest possible total

07-Jun-2019•Kartikeya Date

T20 chases are won and lost in the first ten overs, not the last ten

Conventional wisdom still advocates keeping wickets in hand for sustained attack in the second half of a chase. The results say that's not quite the way to go about things

10-May-2019•Kartikeya Date

Why selection in India is not illogical or capricious, contrary to popular opinion

There is a clear, sound and well settled pattern to how the country's national sides are selected

10-Feb-2019•Kartikeya Date

How good a year was 2018 for bowlers?

An analysis of the standout statistical trend from Test cricket in the year gone by

09-Jan-2019•Kartikeya Date

Did the 4-1 scoreline flatter England?

The England-India series was much closer than the margin suggests, but that's not to say that England were undeserving winners

16-Sep-2018•Kartikeya Date

Why there's no such thing as a finisher in ODI cricket

Our insistence on thinking of players this way is because of cognitive biases

29-Aug-2018•Kartikeya Date

Is a single in T20 the same as a dot ball in ODIs?

Data suggests that the batting team falls behind after scoring a single

23-Jun-2018•Kartikeya Date

How important is bowling in T20? Less than you might think

The structural limitations imposed by the format mean that batsmen are the ones who make the greater contribution by far

17-Jun-2018•Kartikeya Date

The three phases of Tendulkar's ODI batting

A look at his performances against those of other players in the same matches

29-Apr-2018•Kartikeya Date

The pace v spin story of the last two India-South Africa series

Fast bowling played a far larger role in South Africa than spin did in India

25-Feb-2018•Kartikeya Date

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