S Rajesh

Stats editor, ESPNcricinfo

Is home advantage on the rise?

Home teams have been increasingly dominant in Tests over the last few years, but that trend has been especially visible when Asian teams travel overseas, and non-Asian teams come to Asia

04-Nov-2016•S Rajesh

Mehedi's five, and the pace-spin contrast

Stats highlights from the second day in Mirpur

29-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

Stu will get you

Only two England players have won more Man-of-the-Match awards, and only two have taken more Test wickets, than Stuart Broad, whose next Test will be his 100th

28-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

Kohli's chases, Dhoni's sixes

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni dominate the stats highlights from the Mohali ODI

23-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

Pakistan's most prolific pair

Stats highlights from a day dominated by Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq

21-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

Can Bangladesh replicate ODI success in Tests?

Since the 2015 World Cup, Bangladesh have clearly lifted their ODI game against the top teams; now they need to do the same in Tests

21-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

The Ashwin phenomenon

Key numbers from Ashwin's outstanding run over the last 15 months, including the margins by which he has outdone his peers, and his stats against top-order batsmen

14-Oct-2016•S Rajesh & Shiva Jayaraman

The ODI run-fest in South Africa

Since the start of 2012, the average run rate in ODIs in South Africa is 5.66, which is next only to the rate in India

07-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

India's winning spree, and Saha's twin fifties

Stats highlights from India's 178-run win in Kolkata

03-Oct-2016•S Rajesh

De Kock's stunning onslaught

Stats highlights from South Africa's stunning victory in Centurion, the highlight of which was Quinton de Kock's 178 off 113

30-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

Outmatched and out-tossed

Over the last 12 months, overseas teams have lost 11 out of 13 Tests in Asia. They have been desperately unlucky with the toss, but have also slipped up in the third and fourth innings

30-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

The debate about Pujara's strike-rate

Cheteshwar Pujara's strike rate has been a worry over the last 30 months, but much of it is to do with his inability to score against pace when playing overseas

27-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

Why Ross Taylor needs to step up

Since the start of 2012, Taylor has a Test average of 55.26, but most of his big scores have come against the weaker attacks of Zimbabwe and West Indies

23-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

Underwhelming in Tests, but superb in ODIs

Ramnaresh Sarwan finished with a higher career average in ODIs than in Tests, which amply illustrates the format in which he was more comfortable

16-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

Why Australia are No. 1 and Pakistan are No. 9

The quality of their bowling attacks is a big reason why one team is the top-ranked ODI side, while the other is struggling to qualify directly for the 2019 World Cup

09-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

How the ODI rule changes have affected run-scoring

And how England have transformed into a power-hitting one-day side

02-Sep-2016•S Rajesh

From 340 runs in 16 innings to 112 in one

Stats highlights from the second day in Centurion, which South Africa dominated with bat and ball

28-Aug-2016•S Rajesh

Most runs, most sixes, and two seriously quick hundreds

Stats highlights from a run-fest in Lauderhill

27-Aug-2016•S Rajesh

Duminy's downward spiral

The start to JP Duminy's Test career was impressive, but in the last three-and-a-half years he has done little to justify his place in the team

26-Aug-2016•S Rajesh

Younis and Yasir lead Pakistan's charge to No. 1

Younis Khan's incredible run with the bat and Yasir Shah's magical legspin were the key factors in Pakistan's rise to the top

22-Aug-2016•S Rajesh

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