Tag Archives: cricket

A cricket beyond politics

Posted on September 13, 2025 by

On September 11, the Supreme Court was asked to urgently hear a petition that sought to cancel the Asia Cup T20 match between India and Pakistan scheduled for September 14 in the UAE. The petition, filed by four law students, … Continue reading →

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A new tradition

Posted on March 26, 2024 by

This screenshot is from ESPN Cricinfo’s live commentary for the Chennai Super Kings versus Gujarat Titans IPL match on March 26, 2024. Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad got out caught behind off the bowling of Spencer Johnson. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Chennai Super Kings, cricket, ESPN Cricinfo, Fair Play Award, Gujarat Titans, Indian Premier League, ipl, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, sports | Comments Off

ICC pitch-rating system is regulatory subversion

Posted on January 8, 2024 by

In today’s edition of The Hindu, Rebecca Rose Varghese and Vignesh Radhakrishnan have a particularly noteworthy edition of their ‘Data Point’ column – ‘noteworthy’ because they’ve used data to make concrete something we’ve all been feeling for a while, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis | Tagged A Cricketing View, Board of Control for Cricket in India, cricket, Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa, Data Point, entertainment sports, ICC, ICC pitch-rating system, International Cricket Council, ODI matches, pace bowling, pitch-rating, profitability, R Ashwin, Rebecca Rose Varghese, Rohit Sharma, spin bowling, sports, T20 matches, Test matches, The Hindu, Vignesh Radhakrishnan, virat-kohli | Comments Off

Drama along the line of sight

Posted on October 12, 2017 by

TIL one reason some of us are so dejected and furious at the TV when in, a cricket match being telecast live, a fielder appears to miss catching the ball even though it looks like he easily could have. A.k.a. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art criticism, cricket, foreshortening, graphical perspective, Lamentation of Christ, line of sight, parallax, radar imaging, selfie | Comments Off

After-math of the IPL

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

Yes, we all know the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the Indian Premier League 2014, but who among all the teams’ many players really did well? And were they awarded for it? The former is a decidedly subjective question based … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashes 2013, betweenness, closeness, cricket, graph theory, Indian Premier League, network analysis, network centrality, PageRank, sabermetrics | Comments Off

After-math of the Ashes

Posted on September 8, 2013 by

In the recently concluded Ashes test series, England retained the urn by beating Australia 3-0 in five games. England always looked the more confident team, reinforced as well as evinced by the confidence each player had on every other. They … Continue reading →

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