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The Role of Age in White Ball Batting Performance
The Role of Age in White Ball Batting Performance
Does aging impact ODI batting perf?, Have T20s changed this?, and How hitters and rotators might age differently
Amol Desai
Mar 16, 2023
Spin at the Nagpur Test — Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023
Spin at the Nagpur Test — Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023
A look at the wicket, how they used it and how the batters handled it
Amol Desai
Feb 18, 2023
The Role of Age in Red Ball Batting Performance
The Role of Age in Red Ball Batting Performance
Do older batters really do better? and other questions relevant to investment in and by players.
Amol Desai
Jan 17, 2023
Selecting a Squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup
Selecting a Squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup
India
Amol Desai
Sep 23, 2022
Structuring Chases in T20s
Structuring Chases in T20s
Uncovering opportunities & evaluating prevalent strategies to win more while chasing
Amol Desai
Aug 19, 2022
Foundational Learnings for Cricket Data & Analytics
Foundational Learnings for Cricket Data & Analytics
What we can learn from other sports about building effective analytics processes, teams and culture
Amol Desai
Sep 8, 2021
Sourcing Domestic Players for the IPL
Sourcing Domestic Players for the IPL
Digging into the numbers behind player sourcing & exploring biases, opportunities, and scouting wins
Amol Desai
Aug 8, 2021
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Sourcing Overseas Players for the IPL
Sourcing Overseas Players for the IPL
Digging into the numbers behind player sourcing & exploring biases, opportunities, and scouting wins
Amol Desai
Aug 5, 2021
Osmosis of Batting Goodness to the T20 Format
Osmosis of Batting Goodness to the T20 Format
Does a good Test batter make a good T20 batter? What aspects of a T20 game do Test batters, White ball batters and T20 specialists bring…
Amol Desai
Jul 3, 2021
Punjab vs DC — Fabian Allen & Other things batting
Punjab vs DC — Fabian Allen & Other things batting
Mostly making a case for Fabian Allen, but also discussing other insights
Amol Desai
Apr 18, 2021
Axar Patel’s Improbable Feat & the Flavors of SLA Bowling
Axar Patel’s Improbable Feat & the Flavors of SLA Bowling
A look at the contrasting styles of Leach, Axar & Jadeja and a perspective on just how mind-blowing Axar’s figures are
Amol Desai
Mar 11, 2021
Catching up, and the anchor role in T20s
Catching up, and the anchor role in T20s
A look at the prevalence of catchup innings, its success as a strategy and the consistency of batsmen in pulling it off
Amol Desai
Nov 25, 2020
Kings XI bowling options in IPL 2020
Kings XI bowling options in IPL 2020
How KXIP could use their resources effectively
Amol Desai
Sep 20, 2020
Evaluating Player Impact Judiciously — T20
Evaluating Player Impact Judiciously — T20
Evidence weighted normalized evaluation of players in terms of contribution to victory based on situations & conditions
Amol Desai
Aug 30, 2020
Evaluating Players & Performances Judiciously — T20
Evaluating Players & Performances Judiciously — T20
Evidence weighted normalized evaluation of players & performances based on situations & conditions
Amol Desai
Jun 7, 2020
The Real Impact of Venues — T20
The Real Impact of Venues — T20
Drawing out the signal from the noise for venue based adjustments in T20 Cricket
Amol Desai
May 26, 2020
Boundary Hitting & the Role of Strike Rotation (T20I)
Boundary Hitting & the Role of Strike Rotation (T20I)
Should teams focus on rotating strike or hitting boundaries in T20s?
Amol Desai
Apr 19, 2020
Batting Performance & Captaincy — Tests
Batting Performance & Captaincy — Tests
What is the Impact of Captaincy on Batting in Test Matches?
Amol Desai
Feb 3, 2020
Looking at Unsold Batsmen in the Aftermath of the IPL 2020 Auction
Looking at Unsold Batsmen in the Aftermath of the IPL 2020 Auction
Shining a candle on the top unsold batsmen at IPL 2020 & their competition from the sold and retained pools
Amol Desai
Jan 10, 2020
The Indian Test Opening Slots & Rohit Sharma
The Indian Test Opening Slots & Rohit Sharma
Providing perpsective into the performance of openers in the last decade and taking a closer look at Rohit Sharma
Amol Desai
Oct 31, 2019
The Impact of Coaches & Captains in the Indian Men’s Cricket Team
The Impact of Coaches & Captains in the Indian Men’s Cricket Team
How responsible are leaders for team performance?
Amol Desai
Sep 20, 2019
Examining Jofra Archer Ahead of His Test Debut
Examining Jofra Archer Ahead of His Test Debut
Looking into Jofra Archer’s performances in first-class matches as a prep for his upcoming Test Debut
Amol Desai
Aug 14, 2019
What is a Safe Score to Post in ODIs?
What is a Safe Score to Post in ODIs?
Exploring what makes up a safe first innings score & building a model to quantitatively guide the assessment mid-game
Amol Desai
Jul 25, 2019
Drilling Into Bowling Economy & Strike Rates
Drilling Into Bowling Economy & Strike Rates
Digging into bowling run rates and strike rates in the last 10 yrs
Amol Desai
Jun 15, 2019
Momentum: How Important Is It Before A World Cup?
Momentum: How Important Is It Before A World Cup?
Recently, we have seen Australia pick up some steam after losing to India at home, and beat India in India in ODIs. Similarly, we saw…
Amol Desai
May 29, 2019
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