Comments on: Cricket: The Sound and Numbers Game http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prem Rao http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-236149 Prem Rao Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:04:31 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-236149 Loved your post, JP. I was amazed by the VVS innings too. His century had 15 boundaries. I came across some stats. which may interest you . Posted in my blog. as "Chasing World Records". Since I posted that, Murali has broken Shane Warne's record of the most Test wickets. Cheers! BP Loved your post, JP. I was amazed by the VVS innings too. His century had 15 boundaries.

I came across some stats. which may interest you . Posted in my blog. as “Chasing World Records”.

Since I posted that, Murali has broken Shane Warne’s record of the most Test wickets.

Cheers!

BP

]]> By: Mark Samuels http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-236110 Mark Samuels Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:07:04 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-236110 Interesting stuff. Maybe some of you statistically-minded sports fans can explain to me how poor, unfortunate Aston Villa can manage to draw Manchester United four times in seven seasons in the third round of the FA Cup. During that time, they have also played each other in the fourth round. And there would have been an additional match-up in 2000 as well - had United not opted out of the FA Cup and been replaced by 'lucky loser' Darlington'. In the 2000 draw, the Villa, unsurprisingly, drew United. The odds for drawing each other so many times in a 64-team draw must be mind-blowing. Oh, for the record - the Villa have lost every match - and as a Villa fan, I am sick to the back teeth of playing United now.... Interesting stuff.

Maybe some of you statistically-minded sports fans can explain to me how poor, unfortunate Aston Villa can manage to draw Manchester United four times in seven seasons in the third round of the FA Cup.

During that time, they have also played each other in the fourth round. And there would have been an additional match-up in 2000 as well – had United not opted out of the FA Cup and been replaced by ‘lucky loser’ Darlington’. In the 2000 draw, the Villa, unsurprisingly, drew United.

The odds for drawing each other so many times in a 64-team draw must be mind-blowing.

Oh, for the record – the Villa have lost every match – and as a Villa fan, I am sick to the back teeth of playing United now….

]]> By: Cricket, Baseball, Sunday Morning « daily.gigaom http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235806 Cricket, Baseball, Sunday Morning « daily.gigaom Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:11:58 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235806 [...] Randomly JP writes: For those of you who don’t follow cricket, all I can say is it’s never too late. The sound of [...] [...] Randomly JP writes: For those of you who don’t follow cricket, all I can say is it’s never too late. The sound of [...]

]]> By: Balaji Sowmyanarayanan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235260 Balaji Sowmyanarayanan Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:01:42 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235260 LOL LOL

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235259 JP Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:56:15 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235259 Yup, you're cynical. Although there is some apocryphal stuff around connecting information technology, cricket match-fixing and high finance, if you can consider the US President to be a figurehead for high finance. Secret Service eavesdropping of mobile transmissions during a Clinton trip to Mumbai resulting in discovery of a Test cricket betting ring. Yup, you’re cynical. Although there is some apocryphal stuff around connecting information technology, cricket match-fixing and high finance, if you can consider the US President to be a figurehead for high finance. Secret Service eavesdropping of mobile transmissions during a Clinton trip to Mumbai resulting in discovery of a Test cricket betting ring.

]]> By: Balaji Sowmyanarayanan http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235248 Balaji Sowmyanarayanan Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:32:39 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235248 Call me cynical... The sequence makes me wonder if there is some kind of match fixing 'practice' going on. BTW, there is live score XML feed from circkinfo. Maybe someone in your circle( with information, cricket obsession and financial industry background) will be mashing it to detect match fixing patterns. Call me cynical…
The sequence makes me wonder if there is some kind of match fixing ‘practice’ going on.

BTW, there is live score XML feed from circkinfo. Maybe someone in your circle( with information, cricket obsession and financial industry background) will be mashing it to detect match fixing patterns.

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235246 JP Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:23:24 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235246 Couldn't agree more, Thomas! Couldn’t agree more, Thomas!

]]> By: Thomas Otter http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-235220 Thomas Otter Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:37:48 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/cricket-the-sound-and-numbers-game/#comment-235220 Sounds,numbers and smells. Of cut grass, linseed oil, shoe white, leather, cold tea and warm beer. hmm the German winter must be getting to me already. Sounds,numbers

and smells.
Of cut grass, linseed oil, shoe white, leather, cold tea and warm beer.
hmm the German winter must be getting to me already.

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