Archive - Three slips and a gully

An imperfect understanding of where wickets come from

KL Rahul is modern cricket’s most perfectly flawed player.

Jul 7 •

Divyansh Peswani

June 2025

Batters being better

There's a lot more to it than just the volume of runs

Jun 6 •

Divyansh Peswani

May 2025

The Silent Whisperer of Death

The two sides to Jasprit Bumrah's death bowling menace in the IPL

May 26 •

Divyansh Peswani

March 2025

February 2025

On Right Hand-Left Hand batting combinations

Pairing a right-handed batter with a left-handed one has long been one of cricket's most rigid conventions. But with the game's rapid evolution, does it…

Feb 22 •

Divyansh Peswani

At 36, Jadeja is as good as they get

Ravindra Jadeja has now been playing ODI cricket for 16 years. Not sure how much of it he's got left in the tank but he's still a top draw in the…

Feb 14 •

Divyansh Peswani

The lines and lengths are trying to tell us something

Taking a closer at line-length combinations used against different batters to see if there's more than what meets the eye

Feb 2 •

Divyansh Peswani

January 2025

What makes a successful run chase in the IPL

A look at the way teams have been chasing targets in the IPL since 2019, and how 2024 was just a tad bit different in the way teams approach run chases.

Jan 9 •

Divyansh Peswani

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