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World Cup Records
May 29, 2019
ICC Cricket World Cup is the longest running and the most prestigious competition in the sports. Born in 1975, the tournament has come a long with many greats - of their time and all time - gracing the event during its past 11 editions. Subsequently, the tournament owns its own closet of records with quite a few great names listed at the top in various shelves of that closet.
Here's a quick look at some of the most followed records in Cricket World Cups
Here's a quick look at some of the most followed records in Cricket World Cups
WORLD CUP 2019 TEAMS REVIEW - PART 2 : Since ICC Champions Trophy 2017
May 28, 2019
Narrowing down the period for our Review of 2019 World Cup participants – on the basis of their Win-Loss Ratio – to last 2 years, more specifically since the last ICC event, here is a look at how teams have scored during this period.
and here’s how each team has done against other opponents since ICC Champions Trophy 2017
Narrowing down the period for our Review of 2019 World Cup participants – on the basis of their Win-Loss Ratio – to last 2 years, more specifically since the last ICC event, here is a look at how teams have scored during this period.
and here’s how each team has done against other opponents since ICC Champions Trophy 2017
WORLD CUP 2019 TEAMS REVIEW - PART 1 : World Cup Runners Against Each Other Since 2015 World Cup
May 23, 2019
Right, so we are into the final week before ICC Cricket World Cup and the customary World Cup fever has just kicked in.
There’s no more Cricket to talk about for the next one week, leaving the fans around the world with nothing but ample time to take out their microscopes and analyze the teams participating in the contest through various statistical views, angles and dimensions.
Is there any right statistical view that could provide definitive evaluation of the teams participating in the World Cup 2019? The simple answer is, no – unless resorting to such methods and algorithms that become too complicated for a common fan to comprehend. Instead, there are quite a few popular views to benchmark the contestants of the World Cup.
One of such scenario is analysis of teams since the last World Cup. To make it even more relevant, let’s take look at the teams, specifically, against each other since the last World Cup, held in 2015.
That pretty much reflects the form of participating teams amongst each other in the last 4 years.
Moving on, let’s take a quick look at how teams have fared against the other 9 teams in this period, starting with Pakistan
Right, so we are into the final week before ICC Cricket World Cup and the customary World Cup fever has just kicked in.
There’s no more Cricket to talk about for the next one week, leaving the fans around the world with nothing but ample time to take out their microscopes and analyze the teams participating in the contest through various statistical views, angles and dimensions.
Is there any right statistical view that could provide definitive evaluation of the teams participating in the World Cup 2019? The simple answer is, no – unless resorting to such methods and algorithms that become too complicated for a common fan to comprehend. Instead, there are quite a few popular views to benchmark the contestants of the World Cup.
One of such scenario is analysis of teams since the last World Cup. To make it even more relevant, let’s take look at the teams, specifically, against each other since the last World Cup, held in 2015.
That pretty much reflects the form of participating teams amongst each other in the last 4 years.
Moving on, let’s take a quick look at how teams have fared against the other 9 teams in this period, starting with Pakistan
England vs Pakistan ODI Series 2019 - Bowling Analysis
May 20, 2019
The series termed as the full-dress rehearsal of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is over. It provided 4 days of run fest with 7 out of 8 completed innings going well above the 300 runs mark.
In such a high scoring series, bowling looked the harder of the traits and – to an extent – eventually deciding the fate of the series as well. Here’s a quick recap of bowling performance from both the teams
The series termed as the full-dress rehearsal of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is over. It provided 4 days of run fest with 7 out of 8 completed innings going well above the 300 runs mark.
In such a high scoring series, bowling looked the harder of the traits and – to an extent – eventually deciding the fate of the series as well. Here’s a quick recap of bowling performance from both the teams
Leading bowlers in the series by STRIKE RATE:
Leading bowlers in the series by BOWLING AVERAGE:
Leading bowlers in the series by ECONOMY:
Leading bowlers in the series by DOT BALL PERCENTAGE:
Leading bowlers in the series by BOUNDARY PERCENTAGE:
Graphical Recap of England vs Pakistan - 2nd ODI - 11 May 2019
It was battle of the bats at Southampton that saw over 700 runs scored in a day. Here's a graphical recap of the match:
PROSPECTIVE VIEW: ICC Team Rankings - Annual Update 2019
ICC Team Rankings go through annual update on May 1 every year. It is that time of the year when Team Rankings across formats change overnight. Like every year, post-annual-update view of ICC Team Rankings is available for readers on the links below
2019 Test Rankings Update - India to remain the leader, Australia to face massive losses
2019 T20I Rankings Update - Pakistan to write history, India to drop three places
2019 Test Rankings Update - India to remain the leader, Australia to face massive losses
2019 Test Rankings Update - India to remain the leader, Australia to face massive losses
Here’s the last in the series of Annual ICC Team Rankings Update for 2019 – a prospective view of Test Rankings after this year’s update cycle.
In terms of Team Rankings, there will be minimal possible change in it after this year’s update.
- Only two out of 10 teams will swap places.
- Test Rankings of 8 teams will remain unchanged.
- Only Australia will be replaced at number 4 by England – currently ranked 5 in the table.
India will remain the top ranked Test side in the world, followed by New Zealand and South Africa. No change is expected in the top 3. Similarly, no change is expected in the ranking of teams currently ranked 6 or lower.
In terms of Ratings, though, there will be some interesting developments in the table without resulting a change in the rankings of the teams:
- New Zealand, currently ranked number 2 Test side in the world, is expected to reduce the distance from the top ranked, India, to one-third of the current lead.
- West Indies is expected to reduce the distance between them and Pakistan, at number 7, from a gap of almost 11 rating points to just a single point.
- Australia is expected to be the biggest loser of this year’s update. Pakistan and India are expected to be the next worst effectees but they will manage to hold on to their current rankings.
At the top of the table, India will manage to preserve its pole position but they are expected to face a significant dent to their lead ahead of their closest challenger. At the moment, India are 8.26 rating points ahead of New Zealand. At the end of the update cycle, that gap is expected to be reduced to around 3 rating points only.
Similarly, South Africa, currently ranked number 3 in the table, are also expected to reduce their current gap, of almost 4 rating points, by half.
West Indies are expected to benefit the most from this year’s update as they are expected to gain more than 5 rating points. Although, there will be no change in their ranking, at the end of this year’s update, West Indies are expected to reduce the lead between them and the team above them, Pakistan, significantly. Pakistan are currently 10.8 rating points ahead of West Indies in the table. At the end of this year’s update, that lead will be reduced to just a single point.
Australians are expected to lose 6.12 rating points. Currently, they are fractionally ahead of number 5 ranked England who are expected to gain 1 point. As a result, Australia will slip to number 5 with a gap of 7 rating points with England at number 4.
Pakistan is expected to lose about 4.5 points but will manage to hold on to their current ranking thanks to their significant lead of 10+ rating points ahead of West Indies in the current table. Similarly, India is expected to lose more than 2.5 rating points but they will also manage to maintain their ranking thanks to their significant lead of 8+ rating points ahead of New Zealand.
In a nutshell, here is how the changes due to this year’s annual update will reflect on ICC Test Team Rankings.
Note: All the calculations are based on publicly available information including ICC’s Team Rankings calculation formula and match result, and are subject to minor variation from Official ICC update.