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Straight Point recently wrote about the Fab Four for those who might be sleeping . And there has been a chorus of disapproval of their recent lack of runs . I too am wary of statistics. What is the value of a statistical analysis? Or, even simpler, just...
As England wrap up a final Test win against South Africa, with that cynical little man back in action , Sri Lanka win the series against India . Straight Point breaks out a statistics analysis against sleepy Fab Four supporters to argue that the Fab Four...
As Kevin Pietersen is setting up England for a consoling win against South Africa, both because of his century and the players' responses to him being made captain, Sangakkara is pulling Lanka back into the game against India . But the really big...
India take on Sri Lanka in a one month series, containing 3 Tests and 5 ODIs. The big draw is, of course, Ajantha Mendis. Here's Mohan on the Indian squad : The major surprise is that Virender Sehwag is vice-captain of the Test team ! After his comments...
Tarun writes about Vijay Mallya's sacking of Charu Sharma from a labour law perspective : But the point is that corporatization is rearing its very ugly head in cricket and an out of form player is now under the same kind of threat as any other employee...
A report has come out from Frontier Economics, a consultancy firm, offering up a regression on performance stats and IPL auction values . Batsmen are undervalued, for example. Homer digs deep into the money question, quoting from Indranil Basu's article...
Samir Chopra writes thoughtfully about the relationship between "ICL India" and "BCCI India" in a post on the conventions of community belonging: For as long as we've known cricket in India, it was assumed that there was only one...
Brian Carpenter celebrates a West Indian victory. Vaneisa Baksh connects cricket and culture . CaribbeanCricket points the way to Atherton on Lara . Tendulkar will miss the third Test, but don't worry he'll be ready for the IPL . Q celebrates...
Homer writes a post-mortem on the India--South Africa Test. Geeta fumes about AB de Villiers getting the Man of the Match award. Irfan Pathan is in danger of being dropped , argues the Times of India. A Cricketing View blames all the bowlers . Has Sachin...