India
The IPL as a business
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.
Jarrod Kimber
Men's cricket
The Power Rankings - Episode 6
How teams stack up, their strengths and player of the week, and their upcoming schedules
Analysis
The Power Rankings - Episode 5
How teams stack up given their results so far, their batting in each phase, and their upcoming schedules
T20s
The Power Rankings - Episode 4
How teams stack up given their results so far, their pace & spin bowling, and their upcoming schedules
Men's cricket
The genius and chaos of Ambati Rayudu
Ambati Rayudu was a genius against the spinning ball, a rebel, frequently retired, overlooked, and a winner. With his talent he could’ve been a better cricketer, but few players have ever packed in as much as him.
Analysis
How to (almost) make 300 in the IPL
Is it really too much to ask for one of these teams to make 300? And then for another one to chase it?
T20s
The Power Rankings - Episode 3
How teams stack up given their results so far, their best youngster and veteran, and their upcoming schedules
The short story of long IPL innings
A long innings in short cricket has a lot of journey
T20s
The 'Rebel' League
To convince the players in the first place, Kerry Packer used Ian Chappell and Tony Greig to recruit his players. Three decades later, Tony Greig would be involved in another rebel cricket league.
T20s
The IPL so far
When it comes to the history of the IPL, the young ones will never know why Go Chargers is the greatest song in cricket or what to do with a franchise that changed hands with a fresh paint job.
Story
The birth of the IPL
When Martin Crowe invented Cricket Max, people laughed. But by 2007, things had changed.
Analysis
The IPL team maps
Hating on your personal favourite team using algorithms
Analysis
Who will be in the WTC final?
My best guess for the most likely WTC finalists
Women's Cricket
How did RCB win the WPL?
All it took for RCB to break their curse was for women's cricket to get a league and for one of the greatest players ever to be on their team and take her career-best figures.
Analysis
Who is cricket's best Test opener?
We have entered a truly bizarre part of Test cricket where the opening batters are one of the weirdest things in the sport.
How RCB beat the odds to reach the WPL final
Guest post from Tarutr Malhotra: The Royal Challengers Bangalore should not have won their eliminator against the Mumbai Indians. No team has ever defended a total as low as 135 runs in the Women’s Premier League. MI have only ever failed to win a single match when batting second.