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241/8 (50.0) RR:4.82
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Match tied (England won Super Over on boundary count)
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World Cup 2019
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Delhi Daredevils are now Delhi Capitals
Gautam Gambhir retires from cricket
AB de Villiers retires from International Cricket
Former all-rounder is new coach of New Zealand
Former South Africa pacer is new West Indies bowling coach
ICC announces first independent woman director
Veteran Aussie fast bowler Doug Bollinger retires
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December 2009
India v SL 4th ODI
Match report
A Brave New World
Standing at the threshold of cricket's biggest evolutionary leap
The Brink - Part IV - Partying like it's 1999
Nothing should come as a surprise regarding those lovable lunatics in the maroons
The story of the second T20I
Match report
Lanka back in business
Match report
Not Number One Yet
The flaw in the ICC's ranking system that incorrectly puts India on top
The Brink - Part III
Of curious co-incidences and full circles
The Brink - Part II
An ongoing series chronicling the make-or-break period in West Indies cricket
Applications of Impact Index
Impact Index
can be used in various ways to cover and indeed, understand cricket better. Linked below are five exercises that we have done where Impact Index has been used to analyze individuals and teams in different formats, tournaments and eras. Most of the learnings were quite surprising.
The Greatest Test Cricketers of the 2000s
The Champions League T20 Review
The Ashes 2009 Review
The World T20 2009 Review
South Africa in Australia Test Series 2008-09 Review
Impact Index in cross-era evaluations
The Impact Index report for the first 25 matches of IPL 2010
The Brink - Part I
An ongoing series chronicling the make-or-break period in Windies cricket
November 2009
Falling Standards?
Cricket is running short of great teams, and it is a great problem
Teamdulkar
Why Sachin Tendulkar's next two years are likely to be better than his last twenty
Cutting to the Chase
On how great a run-chaser Graeme Smith really is
Tendulkar's affair with ODIs
The poetic justice in Sachin being the catalyst that delayed ODIs' death
If On A Winter's Night
The West Indies can give Australia a serious run for their money
October 2009
The Balancing Act
The Aussie batting may be better equipped to handle a 7-ODI series
CLT20 second week round-up
Insights from the second week of the Champions League using COW
Smuggy Willey
The fun of watching the world realize what you already knew
Equitable Distribution of Resources
How 'Socialism' can help cricket teams
Dravid's dodgy dismissal
Why it makes no sense at all
Dravid gobsmacked
The story so far...
Studying teams, trends and patterns in the CLT20 using COW
Know your CL T20 team (Part II)
Insights from those who have seen them up close
The Unheralded Favourite
In Trinidad & Tobago, victory is expected, not hoped for
Know your CL T20 team (Part I)
Insights from those who have seen them up close
Know your CL T20 team (I)
Insights from those who have seen them up close
Know your CL T20 team (Part I)
Insights from those who have seen them up close
Which part makes up the whole?
Studying how much each player contributes to his team's resources
Which part makes up the whole?
Studying how much each player contributes to his team's resources
September 2009
Sundown
Lights fade out on many familiar aspects of Cricket
Right Said Fred?
The 'Freelance Cricketer' concept has many layers and implications
Divine Interventions
The Gods now have a benchmark
Tendulkar at his peak, finally
(
Sachin shows great
batting
evolution, though grey areas remain)
Tendulkar at his peak finally
Sachin shows tremendous evolution as a batsman, though grey areas remain
The Sun never sets...
Australia's ODI side shows no signs of the decline seen in its Test team
August 2009
Impact Index Review: Ashes 2009
We review the series using Impact Index
Missing Murali? Not so much
Lanka look ready to grow out of Murali's giant shadow
One From Ten Leaves None
Trinidad & Tobago may be providing precisely what the Doctor ordered
England's soft spots
England need more than just their three main men to do well
July 2009
Ashes to Dust
A poor Ashes can wreck the very future of the sport
Dhoni's split-personality
Is Dhoni's accumulator role consuming his natural game?
June 2009
Three formats, three teams
But for reasons different from the ones we first imagined
Celebrating Pakistani Cricket
Why Pakistan's win is Cricket's victory
Lanka's unusual advantage
Why the Law of Averages favours Lanka despite 6 wins in a row
High Standards
Why it hasn't been easy to do well in this World Cup
Celebrating Pakistani Cricket
Why Pakistan's win is Cricket's victory
One Step Backwards
What's really worrying about India's WT20 exit is...
Salvation through suffering
Why the current crisis is a huge opportunity for Dhoni
The Architect of the Aussie exit
Ricky Ponting and his many mistakes
Looking for the Aussie ouster
The T20 Diary: The Aussie exit puts a lot of pressure on the tournament
Around the World
India, South Africa emerge global favourites
Looking for the Aussie ouster
The T20 Diary: How Gayle has given India, SA a huge opportunity
The Pecking Order
Why Australia may be stronger contenders than India or South Africa
Cricket in Central Park
A snapshot of a cricket game in NYC
May 2009
Mongoose for the bowlers
Following innovative bats, here are some innovative balls
The IPL's inverse relationship
Better cricket leads to lower TV ratings?
The beginning of the end
Recognize the symptoms, save the Tests
Rally 'round an unravelling West Indies?
Why Gayle's comments on the end of Test cricket shouldn't come as a suprise
Hype? What hype?
A few pre-Ashes thoughts in the English mind
The Mirror Cracked?
A shaky West Indies face a meaningless series, but with all to lose
Everyone loves the KnightRiders
An unusual points table makes Kolkata the IPL's most popular team!
Sensible Selection
English selectors are finally breaking out of a vicious circle
April 2009
Fighting Fit
As youngsters prance around, Dravid still stands above them all
Saving the Test, Saving a Lost Art
Gambhir exhibits qualities we thought were extinct
The defensive prod
Dhoni's overly cautious approach is a blot on an otherwise good win
March 2009
Of madness and method
The dull Ind vs NZ 2nd Test pitch produces a silver lining
Your place or mine?
The world's thoughts on the IPL moving out of India
Missing the swing
Seaming conditions are good for everyone, including the Indian batsmen
A game older than the Ashes
A fierce rivalry moves into its 130th year in Sri Lanka
Why is Tendulkar opening?
Breaking the Sehwag-Gambhir opening pair makes no sense at all
Three Assaults in One Week
Two of them are worrying, the third is promising
February 2009
The Test World Championship
A way to determine the best team in Test cricket
Keeping up with the Stanfords
Relax, the game's gonna survive
Aakash Chopra's "Beyond the Blues"
One of the finest cricket books of all time
International T20 Rankings (Batsmen)
Top batsmen
International T20 Rankings (Bowlers)
Top bowlers
The Enemy Within - An Island Thing?
The messy state of West Indian cricket administration has regional roots
A Deal Well Done
Evaluating the purchases from the second round of IPL auctions
A Middle Passage
Why the Windies should win this one
Best Buys
Interesting picks for the IPL's second Auction
January 2009
Fixtures / Results
Current Fixtures, Forthcoming Fixtures, Results
‘Who’s On First?’
Is it India, 'cos they set it up for South Africa?
Pick one from four
For the first time in 15 years, we have a fight on our hands
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Manjrekar gets bounced!
The BCCI removes Sanjay Manjrekar from the commentators' panel.