Cricket might appear like an easy game of bowling and batting; however,, there's a lot more going on on the field. The most important aspect is the placement of players on the field. The place where players stand affects the shot a batter takes, as well as the number of runs a team has and even the pressure placed on the batter.
The captain doesn't assign fielders randomly. Instead,...
Why Test Cricket Has No DLS and Why That Matters
Every cricket fan knows about the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method, but DLS only applies to limited-overs cricket ODIs and T20s. In Test cricket, there is no revised target, no resource percentage, no mathematical rebalancing. When rain arrives in a Test match, both sides simply lose the same irreplaceable asset: time....