How to get the best out of AskCricinfo
A list of FAQs about AskCricinfo, ESPNcricinfo's unique stats offering

Geek speak: the simplest way to get cricket stats • ESPNcricinfo Ltd
AskCricinfo is the easiest way to get your stats questions answered. It's like the stats nerd in your circle of friends who revels in cricket numbers and has an answer to every query. And unlike that stats nerd, it never sleeps.
To start with, T20s will be the focus of AskCricinfo. More specifically, it will answer questions on:
- Tests (Men and Women)
- ODIs (Men and Women)
- ODI World Cup (Men and Women)
- Champions Trophy
- IPL
- BBL
- PSL
- CPL
- BPL
- T20 Blast
- T20 internationals (Men and Women)
- T20 World Cup (Men and Women)
- All T20s (Men) (as an overall grouping)
Fastest to 10,000 runs in men's Tests
Who has scored the most runs in World T20?
Most powerplay wickets taken by a spinner in the IPL
Which captain has won the most matches after losing the toss in men's ODIs?
What is the highest partnership in women's ODIs?
Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a match in the BPL
Highest individual score in a women's T20I
What is the highest partnership in a follow-on in Tests?
What is the highest partnership in Women's T20Is?
Highest partnership in a defeat in the T20 Blast
Highest stands between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in the IPL
Best strike-rate for a 50+ stand in the BBL
Best run rate for a century partnership in ODIs
The dropdown ensures you don't need to type in the tournament name for each query - selecting the relevant tournament/format from the dropdown will do the job, and ensure that the output is restricted to that tournament alone, for that query and all subsequent queries, unless another tournament is selected from the dropdown.
The output leads with 15 sixes, by Sydney Thunder versus Sydney Sixers in Adelaide.
The output now leads with RCB's 21 sixes against Pune Warriors in 2013.
No, but the clearer the question, the higher are the chances of AskCricinfo fetching the right answers. Here are a few tips: Defining the innings number in Tests: Since the term 'first innings' could mean the first innings of a match, or the first innings for a team (which could be the first or second innings of a match), the following rules apply for the algorithm to understand which innings to query for:
- Any other terminology will return results for the first two innings.
- So, 'highest total by a team in innings no. 2 in a Test match' will return results only for that particular innings, ignoring innings 1, 3 and 4, while 'highest total by a team in the second innings in a Test match' will return results for innings 3 and 4.
The voice command will work on the desktop and on mobile web (but not on the ESPNcricinfo app). You can use voice input for your query by clicking on the mic icon and asking the question clearly. Voice commands will work on most browsers on desktop and on mobile.
While Ask Cricinfo will answer a wide gamut of questions, there are some query types that it is not trained for. So the following question types are beyond it at this time:
- Line, length, ball type, ball speed
Eg: Who bowled the most yorkers in IPL 2020
How many times was AB de Villiers dismissed by the googly in last two seasons
Bumrah's economy rate when he bowls back of a length
Who bowled the fastest ball of last season
Eg: How many runs has Babar Azam scored in the V this PSL season
Eg: What is Prithvi Shaw's favourite shot this season
Eg: Which batsman had the highest control percent this season
Eg: Which team had the best success percent with reviews
Eg: Which team has the most consecutive wins
Which batsman has hit 50s in the most consecutive innings
Eg: What was the split of runs scored by Indian and foreign players for MI in IPL 2021
The raw values for these data points will work, but not the percentage values. So:
Who bowled the most dot balls in IPL 2020 will work, but Which bowler had the highest percentage of dots in IPL 2020 will not