Surely the Aussie cricketers must be tired of it. Because, yet again, after a famous victory the headlines are not about their superb performance but about their behaviour. And all around the world, lovers of cricket have had their opinions of Australian cricketers – and indeed, Australians – reinforced: they’re great at sport but you […]
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To win the Champions Trophy Australia must defy history
History says Australia cannot win the 2017 Champions Trophy in England. Australia need about six days of cricket before they start performing at their best in English conditions; they will only get one. ‘Six?’ I hear you ask incredulously. Surely that’s an absurdly specific number! But time after time it has been proven true. I […]
Fielding scores for every player in IPL 2017
The lack of any worthwhile fielding statistics has always bothered me. So for this edition of the IPL I tried to do something about it. I’ve spent the last few weeks reviewing every ball of the group stage of the tournament, creating 1,666 entries in a spreadsheet for all the fielding ‘events’. It has been […]