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The Five Biggest Turnarounds in the T20 Cricket World Cup Group Stage

Which teams looked dead and buried? Which teams somehow managed to turn sure victory into defeat? Our win probability model reveals all.

5 months ago Oliver Hopkins

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Explaining Next Ball Probability in Cricket

Opta's Next Ball Predictor model forecasts the probabilities of different outcomes of the next delivery in cricket. Here's how it works.

6 months ago Danny Dinsdale

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Captain Morgan: How England Won Their First Men’s Cricket World Cup

After Eoin Morgan recently announced his retirement from international cricket, we delve into story of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, and how the hosts completed a journey that was four…

9 months ago Dan Atherton

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The Data Day: England vs. New Zealand Rolling Blog – Third Test

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow seal Headingley victory and 3-0 series win

9 months ago Oliver Hopkins

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The Data Day: England vs. New Zealand Rolling Blog – Second Test

Records tumble as England make history for the highest run-chase at Trent Bridge in Test history.

9 months ago Oliver Hopkins

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The Numbers Behind Mohsin Khan’s Breakout Season

Very few IPL rookies have immediately proven themselves as quickly as Mohsin Khan. We explore the numbers behind his breakout season.

10 months ago Ashwin Raman

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Introducing Cricket Simulation Models

Introducing three new cricket metrics, each designed to quantify the current match situation and predict future outcomes.

10 months ago Danny Dinsdale

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Five Numbers That Capture England’s Third-Test Failure vs. West Indies

For all the talk of a ‘red-ball reset’, there are a lot of things that have stayed the same for England in Test match cricket.

12 months ago Oliver Hopkins

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IPL 2022: 10 Homegrown Players To Watch

The IPL roars back to life this month and we cast a detailed eye over the homegrown players expected to make a real difference.

1 year ago Ayaktan Roy, Srinivasa Venugopalan, Raunak Jaiswal

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The Analyst’s Women’s Cricket World Cup Players to Watch

As we approach the start of the 2022 ICC Women's World Cup, we harnessed the expertise of our esteemed cricket data editors to profile one player from each side who…

1 year ago Cricket Data Insights Team