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When Steven Smith shook hands with MS Dhoni with 4 overs left in the game at the MCG on December 30, 2014, the heads of many fans exploded. I danced a little jig. I thought it was a great decision. What's more I thought, here is something to be explained about Test cricket. I thought this because this is a unique feature of Test Cricket. Instead, Smith's decision has been widely panned. It has been called "unaustralian" - the ultimate insult for an Australian cricketer. The narrowest, most utilitarian argument in favor of staying out there for four more overs is that there was no downside to doing so. There was no way Australia could have lost. The only possible outcomes…
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from Test Cricket after helping India save the Melbourne Test on December 30, 2014. He retired as India's finest wicketkeeper batsman in the long form game. He led India in more Tests, and won more Tests than any of his predecessors. Under Dhoni, India dominated at home as they never have before, despite being a team in transition. Overseas, no other Indian captain has won more Tests than Dhoni. Dhoni drew the ire of the professional commentariat for appearing indifferent to India's 4-0 defeats in England and Australia in 2011 and 2011-12. The obvious sight of an ageing, but celebrated set of batsmen not scoring Test hundreds on these tours a…
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Australia declared overnight twice in this Test and set India 364 to win in 98 overs on Day 5. They won by 48 runs. A few things contributed to this result. A few things will be said about this result which I think are not true. 1. The idea that India "went for the runs" on the last day. 2. The idea that India "kept going for the runs" even after losing two wickets in the same over to Nathan Lyon. 3. That India play spin poorly. In real time, some of the shots played by India's batsmen suggested to me that they were indeed going for the win. But on reflection, a two things stand out about this game. 1. The pace of scoring throughout the match. Australia made 354/6 in 8…
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You may have seen some variant of this headline if you are following the Test at Adelaide. Here's a blow by blow account by Jarrod Kimber. I think he's right that a lot of demons are being confronted currently. They will continue to be. But will anything substantially change? Should it? Mitchell Johnson had just dismissed India's well set opener Murali Vijay and was in the middle of a brilliant spell. Virat Kohli walked in at number 4 and Johnson's first ball to India's captain was a pitch perfect snorter. It reared up at Kohli from well short of a good length and was head for his throat. A brilliant delivery first up. Had Phil Hughes not died, Johnson would probably s…
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England were getting hammered in Australia in 2013-14. Brett Lee, the retired Australian fast bowler who hadn't bowled more than 4 overs in a match since the middle of 2012, took up Piers Morgan's bravado on social media and a battle ensued on the cricket pitch. On call to report it, were two former Test captains, the greatest leg spinner of all time, and a successful county professional turned broadcaster. It made for great television during the break and going by the number of spectators lined up to watch the net, a fine spectacle at the stadium as well. Cricket is a tough game played with a hard, heavy ball. It is a leisurely game played at blinding speed. It require…
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The Impact Index is one or many or all (since this is a post about a system of cricket stats) of the following: 1. It is an "organic and holistic analytics system in cricket." 2. It is an "analytics system used in the game of cricket to determine the accurate worth of a player's performance, in a match, team and career context." 3. It measures "the impact that a player has on a particular match. It does not measure potential or talent or flair. . . just the actual deeds of the player in that match relative to the deeds of the other players. From the information only contained on the score sheet." Recently, the authors published a ranking method. Their claims about this …
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ESPNCricinfo published a list of Frequently Asked Questions about illegal bowling actions the other day. Question 1, was as follows: What is an illegal bowling action? An illegal bowling action is one in which the bowler's 'elbow extension' exceeds 15 degrees while he is in his delivery stride. The ICC set the 15-degree limit for all bowlers in November 2004. This is wrong. But perhaps, it is not Cricinfo's fault. The ICC has been saying this for 10 years now. It all goes back to a recommendation by a sub-committee constituted by the then chair of the ICC's Cricket Committee, Sunil Gavaskar. At the time, Sunil Gavaskar said that the committee's decision was a cricket…
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Pakistan's ace spinner Saeed Ajmal was banned from bowling in competitive cricket by the ICC after a technical review of his action found that Ajmal flexed his elbow more than double the allowed 15 degrees. Ajmal's action was reviewed in 2009 and cleared. Ajmal is one of at least 6 spin bowlers from the top 8 Test playing teams whose action has invited technical review recently. Kane Williamson, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford, Sachithra Senanayake have been studied and banned at least to some degree. This increased scrutiny of bowling actions follows an ICC Cricket Committee directive encouraging umpires and referees to report suspect actions. Geoff Allardice, Dav…
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India were dismissed twice in less than 100 overs for the 2nd Test running. Their batting has collapsed in the last two Tests of this series in unexpected fashion. I'm not going to try and present a lengthy autopsy here. But the lamentation is worth reflecting on. What sort of defeat is intolerable?, Liberate Dhoni, India failed to provide a serious examination, Test team has embarrassed the country. You get the picture. I must confess that I don't find any type of defeat in cricket intolerable. Its sport and teams win and lose. The pleasure in sport comes from watching it take place. After a Test match is over, I'm always sad, win or lose, because real life and its rea…
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Cricket has to be watched. Only the score can be learnt by reading most match reports or live commentary. If you watch even an hour of the day's play, then you will learn nothing more by reading professionally prepared match reports as a rule. If you read match reports about Day One at The Oval, you'll find plenty about the Indian captain "standing firm" and tedious plays on the word 'green'. You'll find that unsuccessful leaves are generally "half-hearted", while players who make runs are "competitive". Anybody who has to rely on match reports to know what's going on on a cricket field could be forgiven for thinking that cricket is basically a gladiatorial arena for …
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