Nice summary mate as always — I’ve got to agree that while I don’t care for 2020, it was pretty hard not to feel good for the Windies for that win, as well as the win over India.

I’ve also been trying to get people to explain to me why Leicester have done so well this season, but no one seems to have a great answer. I did a bit of snooping and came across a blog which was interesting, and I imagine would be right up your alley. http://swissramble.blogspot.co.uk

Fascinating reading (even if a bit sports geeky) about relative financial health of the clubs. Specifically, my reading of it is that Leicester have lucked out with having had a very supportive owner come in who helped the club rebuild while they were still in the Championship league back in 2010. This, combined with some excellent football club management skills and a really good outcome from the scouting program (which is a lot of luck I would imagine) probably made it a really solid club.

Now all that doesn’t really explain why they’re at the top of the league, but this article goes some way to explain why they’ve worked tactically from a footballing perspective http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35553082

What I’m guessing is that one of the missing pieces is how the traditionally huge clubs have been misfiring this year, with Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City all somewhat underwhelming. I think this is why whenever you read comments from the Leicester coach, he is often referring to this year as a golden chance, with a number of factors aligning to make it possible.

I could be totally off the mark, but if they do win, it feels like it will be one of the outlier special years which are bound to happen every once in a while just given how variable a given club is from year to year in terms of players/injuries/managers. I imagine the premier league would probably revert to the norm of being dominated by the big clubs with loads of cash in the not too distant future.