Do you know what Don Bradman's Test average is? Of course you do. Except, apparently, you don't. Via Ottayan comes news that Charles Davis, a cricket-mad statistician, says he's uncovered a possible missing four runs from Bradman's record : In the scorebook of the epic eight-day fifth...

Even before this Sunday's ICC teleconference decision day , South Africa have backed out of the Champions Trophy : CSA studied security in Pakistan and plans for the event, along with reports from the South African government. South African Cricketers’ Association CEO Tony Irish said: "This...

The past month witnessed a few momentous moments in world cricket; events that history might perhaps regard as foreshadowing future events. While the dashing Kevin Pieterson had a dream debut as English captain, scoring a century in an England win against the nation of his birth, perhaps the more significant...

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 are in permanent decline not just in a temporary...

Graeme Smith extraordinary century gives South Africa their first series win in England since their re-entry into the international game : Smith made an unbeaten 154 as South Africa won by five wickets to take a winning 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. "I've had some meaningful innings in my...

After two losses in two consecutive finals, picture looks a bit worrisome yet not so gloomy for team India. To look for happy days, we don’t need to go very far down the memory lanes – CB series win will do it for us. Just after the series, India was looking such a formidable side that it looked clear...

With the 7 wicket win over Bangladesh match in the Asia Cup, India breaks even. They have now a win loss ratio of more than one for the first time since they started playing ODIs. India started playing ODI in 1974 and if we look at their performance in the break up of 5 years, they have gradually improved...

India manage to win what was a close game in style. Mahesh tries to find a turning point : After the game, I tried to look back at the turning point of the game. Was it Ganguly’s 87 in the first innings, the 46 runs India added for the last wicket or even Sehwag’s double strike of Kallis and Smith? King...