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Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast The Cricket Podcast
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Do you want to know more about how cricket really works? Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast is a podcast which looks at the stats and data behind the game, helping you gain that expert knowledge.
Dan Weston has almost a decade’s experience as an analyst in the game, and has worked with teams across the globe and has even sat with a team for an IPL auction. Joining him on the show is Jack Hope from The Cricket Podcast, who bring almost 500 episodes worth of experience to the show.
Covering a new topic each week Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast entertains and informs. Whether you want to know more about IPL auction dynamics, or you’re interested in a deep dive into Bazball’s impact on Test cricket, we’ll break down the numbers to tell you the full story.
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Which Batters Are Best v Quality Bowling?
In T20 cricket the bowling quality makes a big difference to batter performance. Jack Hope and Dan Weston sit down to talk about how this works, which batters perform well, and which batters seem to wilt when faced with a good quality bowler.
We also have time for discussion on the T20 World Cup so far, and also pick up a number of questions on India and Pakistan's performance at the World Cup so far.
Find us on Twitter:
Jack: @JackHope0
Dan: @SAAdvantage
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What did we learn from the IPL?
What did we learn from the IPL? Is the topic of the latest episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast. Jack and Dan go into the numbers from the 2024 IPL to discuss whether the tournament changed cricket?
Batters scored a lot more runs in this year's IPL, but what were the driving factors for this, and how much change did we really see?
Bowlers also had new rules to contend with. Were 2 bouncers an over effective, and what happened to all the spinners?
Find us on Twitter:
Jack: @JackHope0
Dan: @SAAdvantage
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The State Of The Cricket Analytics Industry
Just a warning, on this occasion the sound quality is worse than it should be. This was an error setting up the recording, and will be sorted next episode.
On this episode we discuss the state of the cricket analytics indusrty. What is life as a cricket analyst actually like? What can you be expected to be paid as an analyst? And what is the future in the industry?
Find Jack and Dan on Twitter:
Jack: @JackHope0
Dan: @SAAdvantage
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How The IPL Auction Market REALLY Works
On this episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast we return to the IPL. Dan has been writing a series of articles on IPL market dynamics and what really has an impact on the IPL auction. Building on that we have an in depth conversation about the analytical side of the IPL auction and discuss what really drives a player's price. Then we go on to talk about what teams can do from a strategic point of view to build a better cricket team.
Why are team's paying so much for batters and not bowlers? Which age profile performs best in the IPL? Is it time for franchises to say goodbye to aging stars like David Warner, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli?
As discussed in the show, here is a link to Dan's Substack: https://danweston.substack.com/
Find Jack and Dan on Twitter:
Jack: @JackHope0
Dan: @SAAdvantage
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T20 World Cup Squads!
Slightly different episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast this week, as we take a look at the T20 World Cup squads.
All the big teams, besides Pakistan, have now released their 15 man squads, so Jack and Dan take the time to go through each of them and discuss strengths and weaknesses.
Should India have picked Rinku Singh? Are England too boom or bust? Are Australia too old?
Find Jack and Dan on Twitter below:
Jack: @JackHope0
Dan: @SAAdvantage
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Responding To Simon Doull - New Rules To Reduce Runs - And A Mailbag!
Three topics on this week's episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast. First up Dan Weston offers a response to Simon Doull, who this week claimed that all analysts who hadn't played the game were useless (paraphrasing slightly). Why is that wrong and why will that look even wronger in the near future?
Then we go through 8 ideas for rule changes to reduce run rates in T20 cricket. These include ideas around power plays, bowling limits, humidors, fielding restrictions and the impact sub. What would the impact on the game be?
Then in the second part we get to questions. These range from questions about the future of off-spin, through to how analytics works when we don't have perfect information.
If you would like to ask a question on a future podcast then find Jack or Dan on Twitter below:
Dan: @SAAdvantage
Jack: @JackHope0
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