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India vs Pakistan Cricket - Contest beyond just Cricket
Growing up watching Miandad and Imran stepping into the peak of
their careers and transforming Pakistan team from a 'good-contest' to a fierce
competitor, I always considered myself lucky to have witnessed that
transformation. Along the way, also came that fascinating period of total
dominance of Pakistan over the arch rivals, India.
There was...
PSL 2016 - Players Impact Recap
With Islamabad United convincingly defeating Quetta Gladiators, PSL 2016 has come to an end. Here is a look at the performers in PSL 2016 based on T20 Performance Impact Method
TOP Players
All Players
Team Aggregates
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PSL 3rd Play Off - More than just a Play-Off
One game away from the Final, PSL couldn't have pulled out a better competition than that of between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi.
On the face of it, its just another game, another encounter between two competing sides to meet the Finalist. Beneath the surface, its going to be a battle of approaches, materialization of that hypothetical scenario...
GLADIATORS - The Asserted Identity
What the name GLADIATOR has to do with Cricket? How can a team adopt the identity of warriors of two millennium ago who earned their living by entertaining the audiences with their blood and sweat?
If those were the unanswered questions, last night was the night of answers. Quetta Gladiators justified the latter part of...
PSL 2016 - Player Impact View
As the first round of PSL came to an end and the play offs are about to begin, here is the summary of Player performances based on T20 Performance Impact method
Overall
Teams and Players
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T20 - Performance Impact Method
Cricket is a game rich of stats and numbers. Usually, it needs a lot of it to extract the value of any performance in Cricket and there are reasons for it. (See Cricket - a game of unusually high amount of stats and numbers. Why?)
For decades, there has been a traditional method of recording performance stats to highlight the value of any performance...
PSL 2016 - Player Impact View
T20 Cricket is all about impact. It can change within a space of few deliveries. The shorter length of the format shortens the overall impact of career stats, reputations and names as well.
Same theme has been seen in Pakistan Super League as well. The league has already produced incidents of rookie or unknown players...
Cricket - a game of unusually high amount of stats and numbers. Why?
Cricket is a game rich of stats and numbers. If one watches a game of Cricket on TV, follow it online or come across a discussion of fans or experts, it may look and sound like its not sports but some stock exchange or financial reports that is under discussion. Compared to other sports, Cricket clearly carries much more stats and numbers than any...
Misbah and Pakistan Cricket
It had been a while since Pakistan won an ODI series or tournament. To be exact, Pakistan lost 4 bilateral series, Asia Cup and World Cup during a period of almost year and a half since the start of 2014. However, as soon as Pakistan started winning, the popular debate of Misbah’s competence as a captain returned with...
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