An analysis of their numbers brings distinct patterns to light

There are ways to account for the fluctuating value of a hundred in one-dayers

To see him in that light is to misunderstand what he truly brought to the game

Looking at how they have performed against top-rated opposition bears out the claim

The ICC has been on a quest to get it right since 2005; the rules put in place four years ago might be the closest we have come to optimum so far

A look at how ODI cricket before 2005 approached the question of risking wickets efficiently to score the highest possible total

Conventional wisdom still advocates keeping wickets in hand for sustained attack in the second half of a chase. The results say that's not quite the way to go about things

There is a clear, sound and well settled pattern to how the country's national sides are selected

An analysis of the standout statistical trend from Test cricket in the year gone by

The England-India series was much closer than the margin suggests, but that's not to say that England were undeserving winners

Our insistence on thinking of players this way is because of cognitive biases

Data suggests that the batting team falls behind after scoring a single

The structural limitations imposed by the format mean that batsmen are the ones who make the greater contribution by far

A look at his performances against those of other players in the same matches

Fast bowling played a far larger role in South Africa than spin did in India

Looking at the control data for the three Tests makes it clear

A proper assessment needs to take the rest of the team into account

His numbers are spectacular, but they need to be viewed in context

Whether dealing with a lead or deficit, they are a better measure of a batsman's ability than first- or fourth-innings scores

Increasingly, teams are more equally matched in ODIs, but there also are more one-sided games, where power-hitting dominates