STAT'S LIFE: "How did you do that?" is a question that I get asked quite often...
The acclaimed statistician and Test Match Special scorer ANDREW SAMSON discusses a certain trend in the world of cricket records
ANDREW SAMSON: It is a fact that over-rates are in constant decline and have been so since the beginning of the post-war era. Essentially cricket was played at about 21 overs per hour (hard to believe, I know) up until the 1940s
The acclaimed statistician and Test Match Special scorer ANDREW SAMSON discusses the decline in tour matches
The acclaimed statistician and Test Match Special scorer ANDREW SAMSON discusses the Australian spinner being hit for 200 sixes in Test cricket