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Mythbusting
Tue, July 17 2018
Chinaman bowling, Kuldeep Yadav and half-baked articles
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, and claims that the cause-effect relationship is irrevocably established. This is a major problem with analysis carried out by time-constrained journalists.
Sat, May 05 2018
Busting the no-ball myth: Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Dennis Lillee, Ian Botham, Lance Gibbs had all erred
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 a no-ball in their international careers.
Thu, March 01 2018
They always had a problem with cricket being too batting-friendly
Cricket was considered tilted towards batsmen even in 1903.
Mon, February 19 2018
The problem is not with numbers but with understanding numbers
A cricketer’s greatness cannot be a function of the impression he made on one eyewitness. What if a contemporary eyewitness has some other favourite? It is one man’s word against another’s.
Mon, November 27 2017
Ernie Jones and his supposed brush with Bodyline
Incited by bumpers at the body bowled by Gilbert Jessop, Ernie Jones supposedly retaliated and bowled near Bodyline at Cambridge University batsmen.
Tue, November 21 2017
MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, and Kapil Dev: Iconology in Indian cricket and some facts
Did Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar overstay their visits? Is MS Dhoni doing the same?