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Spot-fixing and Woolmers death: How numbers can help detect anomalies

Spot-fixing and Woolmer's death: How numbers can help detect anomalies

With the kind of technology available, and astute use of mathematical models, many anomalies in the field of play can be readily flagged as suspicious. With the striking example of Bob Woolmer’s death, Arunabha Sengupta demonstrates the way corruption can be combated with analytics.

Arunabha Sengupta, Pakistan cricketers spot fixing, Spot fixing in IPL, IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy, Bob Woolmer, Pakistan, Mohammad Aamer, ICC, BCCI, PCB, S Sreesanth

May 21 2013, 2:04 am

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Sydney Barnes: Not many would debate that he was the greatest bowler ever in the history of cricket

Sydney Barnes: Not many would debate that he was the greatest bowler ever in the history of cricket

Sydney Barnes, born April 19, 1873, was perhaps the best ever bowler in cricket. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the career of the man who took 189 wickets at 16.43 in 27 Tests.

Arunabha Sengupta, Moments in history, Sydney Barnes, Sydney Barnes 17 for 159 at Johannesburg, Sydney Barnes 49 wickets in four Test matches, Wilfred Rhodes, Jack Hobbs, Victor Trumper, Sydney Barnes 1902 Ashes, Hugh Tayfield

April 19 2013, 6:21 pm

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Ranji Trophy: Mumbais 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai's 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

The ongoing Ranji Trophy final marks Mumbai’s 44th appearance in the title round. The team has triumphed a whopping 39 times. This is the second of the four part series in which ArunabhaSengupta briefly sketches the previous Mumbai wins in the history of the tournament.

Arunabha Sengupta, Mumbai, Moments in history, Serials, Mumbai Ranji Trophy, Mumbai Ranji players, Ranji Trophy, Ramakant Desai, Dilip Sardesai, Ashok Mankad, Madhav Apte, Vijay Manjrekar, Salim Durani

January 27 2013, 12:37 pm

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Allan Border makes history by becoming the first man to score 150 in both innings of a Test match

Allan Border makes history by becoming the first man to score 150 in both innings of a Test match

On March 23, 1980, one of the most insipid games — only in terms of the result — between Pakistan and Australia, came to a close at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The contest saw Allan Border become the only player to register scores over 150 in both innings of a Test, Dennis Lillee register his best bowling spell in the sub-continent and Pakistani wicket-keeper Taslim Arif grab his first Test wicket. Karthik Parimal revisits the moments.

Karthik Parimal, Australia, Moments in history, Pakistan, Allan Border, Dennis Lillee, Ian Chappell, Australia tour of Pakistan 1979-80, Pakistan vs Australia, Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Iqbal Qasim

March 23 2013, 9:31 am

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