Some of the content that follows is pretty technical, and there were a few passages I struggled with, but that says more about me than about the way the book is written.

This is fairly easy to read although I do think it is aimed at those with a fairly deep interest in the game. The traditional opener at Arundel has long been dispensed with, sadly, but Kent will be one of the few counties to entertain the tourists. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Hitting Against the Spin' is an object lesson in how to use data and analytics to elucidate the science and structure of cricket.Although I never want to get hooked on the shorter versions of the game, they are often tremendously exciting and it is to the authors' credit that they address this form of cricket at some length. Ostensibly a book about cricket and how data applies to a complex sport, but in between the explanations of the rise of left handed batsmen or the importance of leg spin in 20:20 are some lessons about how to apply data.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It's focus is on using economics-style quantitative analysis to explain trends and developments in modern cricket.Leamon may be entirely correct, and he may even be legitimately entitled to claim a little of the credit for England's victory in 2019. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This acclaimed title is one such and only now has curiosity got the better of me and persuaded me to pick up a copy.