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Greetings all! I've been playing around with Statguru and used a feature that I hadn't really tried much before: adding individual players into the engine. By doing this you can find stats pertaining to matches where a certain player was involved. That gave me an idea to look at batsmen who...

Saw this article over at Cricinfo, and it raises quite an interesting set of issues for the SA Test side: South Africa seek to fill Kallis-sized hole | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo (Hopefully I'm not missing an in-depth discussion of this issue already...:D) Broadly speaking the options...

I believe our previous 5th Test thread went into the blackhole created by the PlanetCricket time travel machine... So post what you said yesterday again today :D I just want to note that after following the tour match against the English Lions, Australia aren't looking healthy: For starters...

While the Ashes is going on it seems an appropriate time to roll out another PlanetCricket draft, focusing on the legendary Australia-England rivalry. You may remember a World Cup draft back in 2011...

Spent some of my Sunday afternoon crunching some numbers and came up with some interesting figures! I was looking to prove: firstly, that England rarely doubles their 30 over score (and should be thanking their top order, not bitching about their strike rates...); but secondly, that despite the...

Couldn't find an existing thread, so here's a fresh one for discussion. T20 cricket will be the flavour of the next couple of months with the World Cup and Champions League on the horizon. So post an XI of the best T20 players since the format started in 2003. Here's mine: 1 Chris Gayle...

OK Planet Cricket, time to get excited...it's time for the T20 draft! The idea is to pick the best team you can - based not on current form, but who the best T20 players are since T20 started in 2003. Too soon I hear you say? Not enough history? Well you're probably right, but it will be a...

Australia news: Ed Cowan, George Bailey miss out on Australia contracts | Australia Cricket News | ESPN Cricinfo Cricket Australia has announced their list of 17 contracted players: Seems like a pretty fair list to me. If we are arguing that Ed Cowan and George Bailey were unlucky to get...

Getting those vibes that it's time for another big thread...:D The all-time ODI discussion has got me interested in looking through cricket history again, so lets do something about it! What is this thread? I wanted to make an appreciation thread for some of the great players in cricket...

It's been a very interesting week for the Aussie selectors, essentially ending Ricky Ponting's ODI career. The decision to drop Ponting is, in isolation, not a ridiculous call. A tad harsh given his Test form and imposing career? Yes. But saying it's definitely the wrong decision is tough...

OK this seems like a good time to talk about India's Test XI - as every man and his dog and cat seem to have an opinion. Here's what I would do: The India masterplan... Drop Gambhir - why Gambhir and not Sehwag? Gambhir's failed just as hard as Sehwag has in the last 2 tours and Sehwag's...

Thought we might have a thread like this already, but I did a quick search and couldn't dig up anything. If I have erred, I'm sorry. But my overrated alarm went off yesterday and I had to tell someone :p DAVID WARNER!! Yesterday Warner's 12 not out was met with oohs and aahs as though...

Had something on my mind and wanted to see what you all think of it: more and more Test cricketers are getting rated according to their strike rate, rather than their averages. Virender Sehwag and Dale Steyn are two of the most prominent examples, who although they have good averages as well...

OK lets have another go. Just a reminder of the basic rules, which I'll pilfer from the last thread :p Test match requirement: 10 (lowered from 20 in the Richie draft) Maximum players from one country: 4 Left Hander requirement: 2 players who can bowl/bat left handed (can only be the weaker...

Hi gang! Right now we are in the World Cup doldrums: the squads have been named and we've all had our chance to voice our approval/disapproval of the selectors choices. The India-SA series is done, and the Aus-Eng series is one sided, there is still more than 2 weeks until the warm-ups start...

Was going to add this to the India tour thread, but since that's over I've made a new thread. So anyway I read that Simon Katich played the 2 Tests in India with a broken thumb, which he thought was only fractured...The Ashes 2010-11: Broken thumb hurts Simon Katich | Cricket News | The Ashes...

Citizens of Planet Cricket, as some of you may now a draft has been taking place over the last couple of weeks featuring 7 intrepid posters trying to create their best XIs, XIs full of left handed Test cricketers only. Details of the rules and a full account of the event can be found here...

Ok Y'all, here's my proposal for a draft to celebrate those quirky brethren: the left handers. These southpaws and kack handers have had quite an effect on our game and it's time to acknowledge their greatness. What are the rules? *You are making a team of 11 Test cricket players picking one...

Title says it all... what does your nation need to do to win in Sri Lanka in 2012? Who will you pick? What holes do you need to fill and what weaknesses do you need to cover? For Australia, there are a few questions to answer: 1) Michael Clarke - Thankfully he's admitted his batting is not...

Just a quick rant about the increasing usage of the word 'track' to refer to the pitch. It's rubbish IMHO. Ravi Shastri uses it ALL the time, Sangakkara said it a lot too and I'm sure I could uncover others if I listened hard. Even the summary article for the Delhi game last night on Cricinfo...