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Is Buttler’s ramp just a diversion? (opens the original)
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Kumar Sangakkara on commentary mentioned a point worth thinking about during the second T20I (or IT20) between England and Sri Lanka. Is Buttler fooling the fielding teams with his ramp threat? He argued Buttler probably has stronger regions for the fielding teams to worry about. But just the association of Jos Buttler with that ramp shot often gets the better of the opposition captain. Charith Asalanka was another such captain. A reverse lap from Buttler prompted him to place a fine leg fielder
THE 25 YEARS OF TEST BATTING (opens the original)
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A quarter of the century seems an appropriate stage to look back at some of the headline trends that dominated this period. Take this as a season one recap as we enter into season two of 21st century test cricket. For this article, I have divided the 25 years in five year cycles. The analysis rests on an expected runs model1, using performance factors2 (pf) derived from it. Each surface (at innings level) is categorised into one of
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