Mythbusters

Chinaman bowling, Kuldeep Yadav and half-baked articles
Arunabha Sengupta July 17, 2018 12:04 PM IST
The guise of decoding the cause of failure of the English batsmen, the article just quotes a few known facts, ignores some very relevant ones,
Busting the no-ball myth: Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Dennis Lillee, Ian Botham, Lance Gibbs had all erred
Abhishek Mukherjee May 5, 2018 10:18 PM IST
The purpose of this piece is to quash the rumour that Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Ian Botham, Dennis Lillee, and Lance Gibbs had never bowled
They always had a problem with cricket being too batting-friendly
Abhishek Mukherjee March 1, 2018 11:26 AM IST
Cricket was considered tilted towards batsmen even in 1903.
Ernie Jones and his supposed brush with Bodyline
Arunabha Sengupta November 27, 2017 11:43 AM IST
Incited by bumpers at the body bowled by Gilbert Jessop, Ernie Jones supposedly retaliated and bowled near Bodyline at Cambridge University batsmen.
MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, and Kapil Dev: Iconology in Indian cricket and some facts
Abhishek Mukherjee November 21, 2017 12:46 PM IST
Did Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar overstay their visits? Is MS Dhoni doing the same?
Trueman’s short-straws sledge: How true was Arlott’s story?
Abhishek Mukherjee September 26, 2017 4:17 PM IST
Did Fred Trueman need 10 wickets in that match or 9?
Warne baits McMillan, gets threatened to be used as bait
Abhishek Mukherjee September 22, 2017 6:55 PM IST
There are two versions of the story, of which exactly one can be true.
Did Haydon Smith really fake his dismissal to escape Harold Larwood?
Abhishek Mukherjee August 7, 2017 2:02 PM IST
Duncan Hamilton and Gideon Haigh both mention the story, but how true is it?
William Attewell: Yet another Neville Cardus lie
Arunabha Sengupta July 11, 2017 3:39 PM IST
In the Autobiography of Neville Cardus, there are accounts of his experiences as the assistant coach of Shrewsbury School, along with the delightful anecdotes about
Shocking revelations: Look who the most successful batsmen were against the dreaded WI pacemen!
Arunabha Sengupta April 28, 2017 5:12 PM IST
It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for nearly 20
Was WG Grace able to overcome Fred Spofforth?
Arunabha Sengupta April 28, 2017 3:03 PM IST
Grace scored 308 runs from 10 innings in seven Tests at an average of 30.80 against Spofforth.
Cricketing Myths Series: Rahul Dravid in South Africa and other examples of Base Rate Fallacy
Arunabha Sengupta January 23, 2017 11:55 AM IST
It was Dravid’s average of 29.71 in South Africa that really put the cat among the pigeons.
Did Tendulkar try to catch Kapil?
Abhishek Mukherjee January 20, 2017 2:17 PM IST
Records show that Kapil Dev did not play the CCI-Pakistan game in 1987.
Is cricket really more hectic these days?
Abhishek Mukherjee January 19, 2017 2:21 PM IST
This is a thought that has been bothering me for some time now, more so since Australia had decided to rest their frontline bowlers during
Cricketing Myths Series: Rahul Dravid, labelling, illusory correlation and the Hole in the Wall
Arunabha Sengupta January 14, 2017 1:42 PM IST
'The Wall’ is just a brand name. And fantastic batsman that Rahul Dravid was, there are many chinks and crevices that can be found in