S Rajesh

Stats editor, ESPNcricinfo

Monty emulates Bedi

Monty Panesar became the first spinner to take six wickets in a first-innings of an opposition's batting at Lord's since Bishan Singh Bedi took 6 for 226 in 1974

20-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Prior's dream debut

Matt Prior became only the third wicketkeeper to score a hundred on debut, and the fifth batsman to do so at Lord's

18-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

West Indies' woeful slide in Test cricket

West Indies have lost three times the number of Tests they have won in the last decade, which means the difference in the overall win-loss record is only 11

18-May-2007•S Rajesh

England start off as firm favourites

Though West Indies hold a 52-38 overall advantage in Tests, England have won ten of the last 12

17-May-2007•S Rajesh

Minimising the dot balls

Bangladesh scored 116 runs in boundaries to India's 114, but they played out 38 more dot balls

12-May-2007•S Rajesh

'It will be difficult to beat us now'

Ravi Shastri says India will be much tougher to beat through the rest of the series after their five-wicket win at Mirpur

11-May-2007

Does the 30-over rule hold in one-day cricket?

How true is the theory that, with wickets in hand, teams often double their 30-over score in ODIs? The Numbers Game investigates

11-May-2007•S Rajesh

Doing it in singles

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik added 107 for the sixth wicket, of which 52 runs came in singles

10-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

The numbers put India on top, but...

A statistical analysis of Bangladesh v India in one-day internationals

09-May-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

The best opening acts in ODIs, and Gilchrist in finals

Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have all the numbers to suggest they're one of the best opening pairs ever in ODIs

04-May-2007•S Rajesh

Australia three times better than the rest

Australia scored 66.30 runs per wicket with the bat and conceded 18.81 per dismissal with the ball. No other team got close to those numbers

30-Apr-2007•S Rajesh

Bowing out on top

Glenn McGrath's career was characterised by his consistency and his ability to bring out his best on the most important occasions

29-Apr-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

How Gilchrist destroyed Sri Lanka

Adam Gilchrist's 149 was the highest in a World Cup final, while his 172-first wicket stand with Hayden is the second-highest in World Cup finals

29-Apr-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Numbers point to an Australian hat-trick

In a battle of heavyweights, Australia have the edge in batting while the bowling is evenly matched

27-Apr-2007•S Rajesh

One-way traffic, and Tait and Hogg turn it on

Despite so many well-matched teams, the World Cup has witnessed far too many one-sided contests

27-Apr-2007•S Rajesh

Magnificent McGrath turns it on again

This could have been Glenn McGrath's last international match but typically, on a big stage and in a crunch game, he delivered more spectacular results

25-Apr-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

How Jayawardene dismantled New Zealand

An analysis of Mahela Jayawardene's perfectly paced hundred, and Muralitharan nabs 50 World Cup wickets

25-Apr-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Middle overs could turn the contest

New Zealand's strength in the field has been their ability to take wickets and staunch the runs in the middle overs, while Sri Lanka's batsmen have scored plenty in this period

23-Apr-2007•S Rajesh

Pietersen breaks a jinx

Kevin Pietersen scored his fifth ODI century, but the first in a winning cause for England

22-Apr-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Lara and the art of run-making

A look at Brian Lara's glittering career in numbers

21-Apr-2007•S Rajesh

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