Mythbusters

Chinaman bowling, Kuldeep Yadav and half-baked articles
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 17, 2018 12:04 PM IST
The guise of decoding the cause of failure of the English batsmen, the article just quotes a few known facts, ignores some very relevant ones,
Busting the no-ball myth: Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Dennis Lillee, Ian Botham, Lance Gibbs had all erred
Abhishek MukherjeeMay 5, 2018 10:18 PM IST
The purpose of this piece is to quash the rumour that Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Ian Botham, Dennis Lillee, and Lance Gibbs had never bowled
They always had a problem with cricket being too batting-friendly
Abhishek MukherjeeMarch 1, 2018 11:26 AM IST
Cricket was considered tilted towards batsmen even in 1903.
Ernie Jones and his supposed brush with Bodyline
Arunabha SenguptaNovember 27, 2017 11:43 AM IST
Incited by bumpers at the body bowled by Gilbert Jessop, Ernie Jones supposedly retaliated and bowled near Bodyline at Cambridge University batsmen.
MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, and Kapil Dev: Iconology in Indian cricket and some facts
Abhishek MukherjeeNovember 21, 2017 12:46 PM IST
Did Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar overstay their visits? Is MS Dhoni doing the same?
Trueman’s short-straws sledge: How true was Arlott’s story?
Abhishek MukherjeeSeptember 26, 2017 4:17 PM IST
Did Fred Trueman need 10 wickets in that match or 9?
Warne baits McMillan, gets threatened to be used as bait
Abhishek MukherjeeSeptember 22, 2017 6:55 PM IST
There are two versions of the story, of which exactly one can be true.
Did Haydon Smith really fake his dismissal to escape Harold Larwood?
Abhishek MukherjeeAugust 7, 2017 2:02 PM IST
Duncan Hamilton and Gideon Haigh both mention the story, but how true is it?
William Attewell: Yet another Neville Cardus lie
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 11, 2017 3:39 PM IST
In the Autobiography of Neville Cardus, there are accounts of his experiences as the assistant coach of Shrewsbury School, along with the delightful anecdotes about
Shocking revelations: Look who the most successful batsmen were against the dreaded WI pacemen!
Arunabha SenguptaApril 28, 2017 5:12 PM IST
It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for nearly 20
Was WG Grace able to overcome Fred Spofforth?
Arunabha SenguptaApril 28, 2017 3:03 PM IST
Grace scored 308 runs from 10 innings in seven Tests at an average of 30.80 against Spofforth.
Cricketing Myths Series: Rahul Dravid in South Africa and other examples of Base Rate Fallacy
Arunabha SenguptaJanuary 23, 2017 11:55 AM IST
It was Dravid’s average of 29.71 in South Africa that really put the cat among the pigeons.
Did Tendulkar try to catch Kapil?
Abhishek MukherjeeJanuary 20, 2017 2:17 PM IST
Records show that Kapil Dev did not play the CCI-Pakistan game in 1987.
Is cricket really more hectic these days?
Abhishek MukherjeeJanuary 19, 2017 2:21 PM IST
This is a thought that has been bothering me for some time now, more so since Australia had decided to rest their frontline bowlers during
Cricketing Myths Series: Rahul Dravid, labelling, illusory correlation and the Hole in the Wall
Arunabha SenguptaJanuary 14, 2017 1:42 PM IST
'The Wall’ is just a brand name. And fantastic batsman that Rahul Dravid was, there are many chinks and crevices that can be found in