Australia’s tour to India next month would be an interesting ODI series. India always prefer to field first, and Australia loves to bat first, and with all games played under lights (2 separate balls used from each end)a challenging task … Continue reading
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A data processed analysis Batting a) Australia Aus Avg St.rate R/o b/w Scoring rate/(100balls) 1s 4s Role play & partnerships Team 30.73 56.19 3.38 54.69 26.18 14.16 6.78 b/w Opener 32.70 51.53 * 63.45 22.85 … Continue reading
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During the ongoing Oval Test I keep on listening how difficult The Oval pitch is for batting, which makes me wonder whether England were batting on a different wicket?. Traditionally England bat slowly, and surprisingly they started this Ashes series in … Continue reading
A score is more relevant than toss. Teams make their own luck. Toss only becomes relevant if the pitches & weather are in worse condition(yet its the skill of a team that determines result). Toss factor works as unpredictable element, which … Continue reading
Australia under Michael Clarke’s captaincy has slipped while bowling first –and it’s the 2nd Innings they allow their opponents to score big. Here is a comparison of 1st innings and 2nd Inning when Australia bowl first in a Test match. … Continue reading
embedded by Embedded Video Download Video A comparison on how Australia have improved from their last series Bat Avg India England Inns 8 8 Avg 25.90 28.81 R/o 2.67 3.24 b/w 58.32 53.46 Balls/ss 4.57 3.99 Ss/balls 21.87 … Continue reading
embedded by Embedded Video Download Video A comparison on how Australia have improved from last series Bat Avg India England Inns 8 8 Avg 25.90 28.81 R/o 2.67 3.24 b/w 58.32 53.46 Balls/ss 4.57 3.99 Ss/balls 21.87 … Continue reading
Success rate of chasing over 200 is = 12.42%. Chasing a target is never easy, therefore most teams prefer to bat first in a Test match….irrespective how bad the pitches are…as they tend to mend and get even by 3rd … Continue reading
Australia need to watch out for England’s 2nd Inn grind!. This year England’s performance has been chalk n cheese with the bat. As there is a huge difference in 1st Inn & 2nd Inning batting. In 7 Tests played this year … Continue reading
Since 2010 success rate of chasing less than 150 has dropped by 26%. … and merely 3% drop while chasing more than 150!. In simpler terms, chasing lower targets has become difficult for teams, but not if they are chasing … Continue reading
Few weeks back watched this biopic <42>and wonder whether Cricket will have similar theory on honest and noble cricketer. About the movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(film) Jackie Robinson was the first Afro American to play Major League Baseball, and he … Continue reading
Sadly for Sri Lankans fans, their national team have lost 8 out of 11 (T20I)at home while chasing a target(2nd Batting). …. And 4 of those targets were less than 140 runs!. A quick look at all team chasing less … Continue reading
http://prezi.com/a2om7j-aqucb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy From Champions Trophy in UK, till end of 4th ODI (SA in SL) 34 games ODIs were played and only 7 times teams batted first after winning the toss, suggesting almost 80.00% of them field first in last … Continue reading
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I was reading on how Australian domestic tournaments (Sheffield Shield,BBL , Ford Cup) is responsible for Australia’s poor Test performance. It seems variable weather, pitch conditions, and scheduling is responsible for their poor performance. I have never been … Continue reading
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Australia batting Partnerships (2013) In 11 innings Aussies had 17 x50+ partnerships, in which only 4 were converted into 100s. For them the problem lies at the top order (2nd, 3rd , 4th & 5th wkt) which has taken a … Continue reading
