Criconomics: Everything You Wanted to Know about Odi Cricket and More

by Surjit S. Bhalla, Ankur Choudhary

Has the potential to change how cricket is discussed, judged, coached and played.' james astill. 'a fascinating contribution and a testimony to the observation that sport, life, statistics and obsession can be great fun. ' lord nicholas stern. Who are the best and the greatest batsmen, bowlers, captains, teams and all-rounders in odi history?how accurately can cricket matches be predicted? which teams and players perform the best under stress? who is likely to become the most successful team of this decade and why. Cricket has its glorious uncertainties but some things are less uncertain than commonly believed. Criconomics breaks new ground in cricket research by eliminating subjectivity to bring home intriguing truths for both serious as well as casual fans. It explores what really works in predicting player and team performances and shows how batting and bowling can be evaluated in a symmetrical manner. After reading criconomics, you will be able to size up batsmen and bowlers, predict first innings scores and chances of successful chases that too, without even having to use a calculator! the book also speculates on the future of test, odi and t20 cricket and gives recommendations for all the three forms of cricket to flourish.

216 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2015

Reviews

[Aparajita Sinha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is just wow! Makes me wish I had taken up this subject for my thesis.

[Ayush Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect book for me - getting in-depth on cricket and statistics, and combining them to create mathematically accurate cricket rankings. In a few places I thought the authors could've gone into a little more detail, but all in all quite an interesting work.

[Waqqas Mir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inside millions of us there is a self-appointed cricket expert. This book engages that inner voice and asks us to dine with two people trained in numbers. The conversation flows easily and the numbers are sprinkled with memories as well as anecdotes. Analysing the statistics from the entire history of the ODI game, this book answers questions you've debated with yourself, friends, fathers, family and total strangers: is Viv Richards the greatest ever ODI batsman? Who was the greatest captain? Are South Africa chokers? Are Pakistan the worst chasers? Does winning the toss matter? Are The Aussies beating the odds each time they win?
If you're a cricket fan(atic), it would be absurd not to read this book.