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Men's cricket
Virat Kohli's T20I legacy
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
Men's cricket
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
England
Buy me a coffee This is the entire history of seam bowlers who have taken wickets over the age of 40. It’s a wild ride. Johnny Douglas is famous for being really fit, like abnormally so for a cricketer. He was an allrounder who took 1893 wickets in first-class
India
Because of SKY's foot of God, India won a World Cup that they had deserved many times over the last 11 years.
Analysis
Since the start of 2023, teams have won the toss and batted first 37% of the time, not not much more than a third. Yet, teams batting first have been winning at over 47%. There is a real disconnect here.
Men's cricket
Shahid Afridi was not just another player, he was a time-traveller from the future.
Analysis
When Jasprit Bumrah is at his best, you cannot play him. When he’s really bad, you still can’t.
Story
The USA had a great bowler, and then, nothing for a very long time.
The stories and stats from the footmarks of world cricket.
They even changed the name to the World Cup, after all those years of us calling it that when it wasn’t.
Looking at the well-known campaigns as well as the slightly forgotten ones with the lens of true values.
The ICC called the New York pitch a beautiful monster. They were half right.
New Zealand reached the semi-finals in Australia in 2022, the final in UAE in 2021, and the semi-finals in India in 2016. However, they have not been able to go on and win the title, like they have a glass ceiling keeping them down.
The good news is that no matter what you feel about England, they will be fun to watch whether they do well or flame out dramatically again.
Looking back at the best players in the first three editions of the T20 World Cup with the knowledge of today.
There will be no mention of the curse here
This post is brought to you by Cricket8. We’ll be writing there throughout the IPL. Plus, there are podcasts and live watchalongs. True stats by Varun Alvakonda via Cricsheet. This boy is watching his bat burning. His mother, in a fit of rage to get her son to take
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.
How teams stack up, their strengths and player of the week, and their upcoming schedules
How teams stack up given their results so far, their batting in each phase, and their upcoming schedules
How teams stack up given their results so far, their pace & spin bowling, and their upcoming schedules