Numbers Game

Chasing glory

The best second-innings batsmen in ODIs, and those who've scored the highest percentage of team runs in an innings

15-Apr-2011•S Rajesh

Tough World Cup for the No.7 batsman

The slow, turning pitches have meant run-scoring has been quite difficult for the lower-middle-order batsmen

01-Apr-2011•S Rajesh

Redefining the role of spin

Plenty of teams have used spinners to open the bowling in this World Cup, and with spectacular success

25-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

A career of hits and misses

Shoaib Akhtar's career stats are impressive in both forms of the game, but what's not so great is how frequently he wasn't available for Pakistan

18-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

High scores, collapses, and the lack of threes

Despite some batting collapses from the lesser teams, this could be the first World Cup with an overall run-rate of more than five runs per over

11-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

The mandatory Powerplays, and pace v spin

Have teams approached the first 10 overs with more caution during this World Cup?

04-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

The top players in the middle overs

Indians and South Africans have been the best at handling the challenges of the middle overs in ODIs

25-Feb-2011•S Rajesh

The challenge of the batting Powerplay

Australia have handled the Powerplay overs better than any other team over the last 16 months

18-Feb-2011•S Rajesh

Starting with a bang

A look at how teams and players fare with both bat and ball in the first ten overs of ODIs

11-Feb-2011•S Rajesh

Carrying New Zealand's batting hopes

Ross Taylor is arguably New Zealand's most accomplished current batsman, but he needs to lift his game for the World Cup

04-Feb-2011•S Rajesh

Australia's all-round weapon

Shane Watson has been the best allrounder in ODIs since the last World Cup, with a batting average that is twice his bowling average

28-Jan-2011•S Rajesh

The most destructive batsmen in the last ten overs

The teams and players who have fared better than the others in the most frenetic stages of ODIs

21-Jan-2011•S Rajesh

South Africa's power-packed top order

Four out of their top five average more than 50 in ODIs over the last three years

14-Jan-2011•S Rajesh

Jacques Kallis, take a bow

He has been South Africa's go-to man for several years, and the stats reveal that he has hardly ever let the team down

06-Jan-2011•S Rajesh

Kohli and his ODI exploits

Virat Kohli has shown that as an ODI batsman he is a notch higher than the other young contenders for India

17-Dec-2010•S Rajesh

England, Australia, and the No.6 slot

The No.6 position has been the most prolific one for England in the last two years, but Australia have struggled, thanks to Marcus North

10-Dec-2010•S Rajesh

Hussey's contrast, and the Gabba flattened

Michael Hussey made a fine century in Brisbane, but outside Australia his numbers don't look so good

03-Dec-2010•S Rajesh

The class of de Villiers, and the draw virus

With a Test average of almost 65 over the last three years, AB de Villiers has firmly established himself as one of the top batsmen in the world

26-Nov-2010•S Rajesh

England's finest opportunity in two decades

There's little to differentiate the two teams, and England should fancy their chances of winning an Ashes series in Australia for the first time in more than 20 years

19-Nov-2010•S Rajesh

The worst country for a touring spinner

Overseas slow bowlers have struggled in Australia more than in any other country

12-Nov-2010•S Rajesh

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