Good Articles/ Write-ups on cricket

[Chakdephatte]

Senior posters here, @vvvslaxman, @express bowling, @rollingstoned, @sandeep, @prudent_kreeda please share your favorite write-ups on cricket be it match analysis, general discussion, down the memory lane, stat crunching or anything.

[Chakdephatte]

Let me start with this one

 

https://wisden.com/stories/opinion/australias-afghanistan-boycott-is-not-the-statement-they-think-it-is

 

[Chakdephatte]

One of my favorites till now

 

https://scroll.in/field/1015256/the-yorker-paradox-in-t20s-what-goes-into-constructing-a-good-death-over-and-whos-the-best-at-it

 

[rollingstoned]

1 hour ago, Chakdephatte said:

Senior posters here, @vvvslaxman, @express bowling, @rollingstoned, @sandeep, @prudent_kreeda please share your favorite write-ups on cricket be it match analysis, general discussion, down the memory lane, stat crunching or anything.

There was a fantastic one about reverse swing. Need to find it. 

[sandeep]

There was a great article on Axar patel's test efficacy, due to the angles he uses.  One of the good ones.

 

Jarrod Kimber wrote a great one a few years back on an Afghanistan expat cricketer in the US.  was very moving.  

 

One of my alltime favorite cricket writeups is by that Thompson dude writing for ESPN as an "outsider" to cricket - his Tendulkar article for the 2011 WC was one for the ages.  He did subsequent ones on the T20 WC where Windies beat SL in SL. And also one on test cricket.  

 

 

[Chakdephatte]

On 1/19/2023 at 12:00 AM, sandeep said:

There was a great article on Axar patel's test efficacy, due to the angles he uses.  One of the good ones.

 

Jarrod Kimber wrote a great one a few years back on an Afghanistan expat cricketer in the US.  was very moving.  

 

One of my alltime favorite cricket writeups is by that Thompson dude writing for ESPN as an "outsider" to cricket - his Tendulkar article for the 2011 WC was one for the ages.  He did subsequent ones on the T20 WC where Windies beat SL in SL. And also one on test cricket. 

 

A lot has been written about Sachin. Hard to conclude anything from this. Maybe this one-

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wright-thompson-in-tendulkar-country-509803

[sandeep]

3 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

 

A lot has been written about Sachin. Hard to conclude anything from this. Maybe this one-

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wright-thompson-in-tendulkar-country-509803

yeah that one.

 

The Axar Patel one is by that Physics phd guy Himanish Ganjoo....

[sandeep]

https://deeppoint.substack.com/p/understanding-axar-patel-angular

[Chakdephatte]

Probably the saddest story of any cricketer. Read only half of it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-02/jamie-mitchell-cricket-abuse-on-india-and-sri-lanka-tour/100715912?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

 

[Chakdephatte]

What a turnaround. Siraj was one of the most trolled bowlers in the country then.

 

https://kashishchadha47.medium.com/why-siraj-has-looked-in-control-playing-tests-8ae9a61f9340

 

[Chakdephatte]

Some obvious looking results but a good read nevertheless. @rkt.india, @MultiB48, @express bowlingbowling

 

https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1154076/what-is-the-best-length-to-bowl-in-tests

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by Chakdephatte

[Chakdephatte]

The moat complete bowler we have ever had-

 

https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/india-vs-australia-cricviz-analysis-what-makes-bumrah-so-good-1988923.html

 

[Chakdephatte]

1. https://deeppoint.substack.com/p/on-test-match-all-rounders

 

2. https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1057899/the-best-stats-measure

 

3. https://www.cricviz.com/marnus-labuschagnes-luck/

 

4. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/virat-kohli-steven-smith-or-joe-root-who-s-the-most-consistent-of-them-all-1250002

Edited January 23, 2023 by Chakdephatte

[Chakdephatte]

Technical analysis of Kohli during his dip.

 

https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20190302/282471415158059

 

[Chakdephatte]

ECB imports foreign cricketers to win a world cup but fails to recognize a British player when they don't need him.

 

https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/30748830/charlie-hemphrey-calls-ecb-compassion-save-career

 

[Chakdephatte]

Like @Nikhil_cric pointed out the other day, It has become difficult to attack in first 5 overs than it was earlier. Aggressive batsmen Jason Roy, QDK, Warner, Guptill, etc., have not performed for some time. (May or may not have some correlation.)

 

https://kohliandkipling.substack.com/p/from-whacking-it-hard-to-whacking

 

[Nikhil_cric]

4 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

Like @Nikhil_cric pointed out the other day, It has become difficult to attack in first 5 overs than it was earlier. Aggressive batsmen Jason Roy, QDK, Warner, Guptill, etc., have not performed for some time. (May or may not have some correlation.)

 

https://kohliandkipling.substack.com/p/from-whacking-it-hard-to-whacking

 

It's the kookaburra ball. The reinforced seam has meant that the ball is holding shape for longer than it used to in the mid 2013 - 2020 period. I think Warner is OK. It's just a natural age related decline

 

Jason Roy on the other hand is the apotheosis of the 2013-20 white ball flat track bully for me. Just doesn't have the game to survive any movement whatsoever. 

 

Hari Govind is a terrific analyst as are his mates at CricEyeT20 .  If Cricviz has an England centric bias, these guys are the Indian equivalent and I'm glad they are doing whst needs to be done. 

 

Himanish is a great writer too

Edited March 23, 2023 by Nikhil_cric