Numbers Game

Batting at the crunch, and outdoing the best legspinner

Which are the teams that are most affected by the pressures of batting in the second innings, and for which sides does it not matter much

14-Apr-2006•S Rajesh

The new and improved Ntini

Makhaya Ntini has shown over the last 15 months that he can crank it up against the best batsmen in the world, while Pakistan's ability to come back from the dead was confirmed at Kandy

07-Apr-2006•S Rajesh

Langer's landmark, and Ponting the pulveriser

As a crowd-puller, Justin Langer doesn't rank among the top names in a star-studded line-up, but his contribution to the juggernaut called the Australian cricket team has been immense

31-Mar-2006•S Rajesh

Maestros on the decline, and Pakistan's double-whammy

Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Adam Gilchrist have all been struggling for runs for a while now. Is this their worst slump in international cricket?

24-Mar-2006•S Rajesh

More than a wall

Rahul Dravid has risen from a good batsman to one of the world's best. His journey in numbers

17-Mar-2006•S Rajesh

India's battle against left-hand batsmen

Do Indian bowlers struggle more than most against letf-handers, or are they generally toothless against most batsmen?

10-Mar-2006•S Rajesh

Ashraful's battle to make his mark

Mohammad Ashraful has the talent, but consistency is one virtue he has struggled to achieve so far

03-Mar-2006•S Rajesh

Trial by spin awaits England

Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh will be licking the chops in anticipation of bowling to England's batsmen

24-Feb-2006•S Rajesh

Shoaib Malik's resurgence, and hot chasing streaks

Shoaib Malik's batting has been quite exceptional since Bob Woolmer took over as coach, while India are closing in on the record for most number of successive wins when batting second&

17-Feb-2006•S Rajesh

Why the Supersub isn't a super idea

The Supersub system hands over too much advantage to the team winning the toss, and must be changed

10-Feb-2006•S Rajesh

Where toss is key, and Tendulkar's drought

The venues where losing the toss is a blessing, Tendulkar's slump in form and Dippenaar's rising stock

03-Feb-2006•S Rajesh

Prolific partnerships, and one-sided triangulars

Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf are fast moving up the ladder among Pakistan's top batting pairs, while this season's VB Series is a rare three-way contest

27-Jan-2006•S Rajesh

A lowdown on lbws

Has the frequency of lbw decisions increased over the years? The Numbers Game find out

13-Jan-2006•S Rajesh

The enigma called Jacques Kallis

He has played almost 100 Tests, averages nearly 57, has scored runs against allcomers in all conditions, and was recently named the ICC's Player of the Year, but Jacques Kallis has hardly got the kind of acclaim you'd expect a batsman to receive after all

06-Jan-2006•S Rajesh

Gilchrist's slump, and a year for the middle order

Adam Gilchrist's average slips to below 50, and a look back at what the numbers show in 2005

30-Dec-2005•S Rajesh

Wag the tail, Indian spin and sticky Rudolph

Which team has relied most heavily on their tailenders to prop them, and Jacques Rudolph's epic against Australia

23-Dec-2005•S Rajesh

Overdose for the officials

If you thought the players were the only ones suffering from a packed itinerary, take a look at the plight of the elite umpires

09-Dec-2005•S Rajesh

Tendulkar v other top batsmen in run-chases

How does Sachin Tendulkar compare when India chase challenging totals in ODIs? The Numbers Game investigates

02-Dec-2005•S Rajesh

A giant called Inzamam, and the new Shoaib

Inzamam-ul-Haq passes Javed Miandad as the highest century-maker for Pakistan, while Shoaib Akhtar is showing just how handy he can be with the willow

25-Nov-2005•S Rajesh

First-Test blues, and chasing small targets

A rare win in the first Test of a series for Pakistan, and how teams fare when chasing a small fourth-innings target

18-Nov-2005•S Rajesh

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