Anantha Narayanan

Teams with four or more batsmen having 50+ averages

Recently I received a trigger mail that the first four Indian batsmen during the recently concluded Napier Test had a batting average above 50

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

T20 - Target score for first innings

Finally I have come around to my first T20 analysis

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The worst specialist bowlers in Test cricket, and the worst team

Some readers have suggested that I should look at the worst bowlers in Test cricket the same way I have looked at the worst specialist batsmen

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

The worst specialist Test batsmen

A number of remarks raised in response to my last article on the worst Test batsmen suggested that I should also look at the specialist batsmen to determine who was the worst ever

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Okay, Bradman is at No.1... but who is last?

A lot of analysis has been done on the best batsmen in Test cricket

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Does the tail wag more inTests now?

During the last few Tests of 2008 I got the feeling that late order batsmen were playing rear-guard innings far more effectively than they normally do

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

19 grounds, 19 years - an in-depth study

This analysis covers 19 premier Test grounds across 9 countries

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

A ranking system for Test openers

How do today's great opening batsmen like Hayden, Sehwag and Smith compare with those of the past like Hobbs, Gavaskar and Sutcliffe

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Test Captains - an in-depth look

This article has been in the pipeline for long

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

McCullum's blitzkreig and other demolition jobs

Until now we have only looked at wins by huge number of runs or by 10 wickets as comprehensive wins

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

One huge partnership, and nothing else

All of us are familiar with the exploits of one batsman in a single innings

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

A tale of 100 Australian Tests

As the title implies, this is an analytical look at the 100 Tests played by Australia between January 1, 2000 and now

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

An analysis of ODI matches

This is a statistical summary of the 2784 matches which have been played over the past 36 years somewhat similar to the Test analysis which was done earlier

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Analysing the 'who' and 'when' of ODI spells

After a couple of rather heavy Test articles, I have reverted to ODIs, that too bowling, an area which tends to be neglected

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

A summary of Test cricket by period (Part 2)

In the first part we saw the way the numbers related to Matches, Innings, Results, Partnerships and Extras have changed over the 130 years of Test cricket

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

A summary of Test cricket by period (Part 1)

This is a major attempt to generate a set of measures for Test Cricket by period

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Bowlers doing it all on their own

After a series of heavy articles involving parameters, weightings, extensive calculations, spirited arguments etc., I have considered a single topic this time - bowlers who have taken the highest percentage of wickets lbw, bowled and

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Test wicketkeepers - an analysis

The toughest job in Test cricket is that of the wicketkeeper

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Lara v spin, and other head-to-head stats

The increasing scope of available Test match data in recent years creates new opportunities for cricket statistics

25-Feb-2013•Charles Davis

The best Test all-rounders: a follow-up

The previous post on allrounders received a high number of quality responses

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

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