Best of luck to Rufus Bullough, the CricViz analyst out in Bangalore working with Delhi Capitals in #WPL . We've got a really talented, powerful squad - looking forward to the team bringing home the trophy in a few weeks time 💪

Instances of a Test team scoring 150+ runs in a session since Ben Stokes became England captain:

England - 16
Everyone else - 12

#INDvENG

Ottniel Baartman picks up the POTM award in #SECvDSG for his exceptional figures of 4-10. Baartman bowled exclusively in the Powerplay and Death Overs, picking up two high value Powerplay wickets before returning to remove Heinrich Klaasen at the Death. #SA20 .

Best Expected Bowling Average in Tests since 2006 (minimum 50 wickets taken):

🇮🇳 Jasprit Bumrah - 22.6
🇮🇳 Mohammed Shami - 25.7
🇮🇳 Axar Patel - 25.9
🇿🇦 Kagiso Rabada - 26.1
🇦🇺 Pat Cummins - 26.4

#INDvENG

Patrick Kruger takes the POTM award in #SECvPR , striking at an incredible 371 at the backend of the chase to win the match for SEC alongside taking two catches in the first innings. #SA20

Largely in control, but India may feel they haven't converted control into dominance. Their false shot percentage was 10%; not once in the last five years have they batted with more control on Day 1 at home. Six dismissals - several loose ones - was a missed opportunity. #INDvENG

In their Hyderabad win, England's batters attacked 54% of the balls bowled to them.

That's the highest figure for any team in India since records began in 2006.

It's also the 6th highest for any team in any Test since 2006.

9 of the top 12 are 'Bazball' performances.

#INDvENG

Most successful men's Test captains by win percentage (minimum 20 matches captained):

🇦🇺 Steve Waugh - 72%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Stokes - 70%
🇦🇺 Donald Bradman - 63%
🇦🇺 Ricky Ponting - 62%
🇮🇳 Virat Kohli - 59%

#INDvENG

India after taking a 100+ run lead at the end of the first innings in a Home Test

Instances - 106
Won - 70
Drawn - 35
Lost - 1 (vs England, Hyderabad 2024)

#INDvENG

England have scored 57 runs with the reverse sweep so far in this Test - the most in a Test by any team since records began.

#INDvENG

Using CricViz's PitchViz model to make sense of the Newlands Test.

Key takeaway: Bounciest and quickest pitch in the ball-tracking era.

Of the 616 Tests in our database, an Expected Average of 17.7 made this the toughest Test match to bat in.

Link: hindustantimes.com/cricket/bounci…

Of the 1096 Test Hundreds with ball tracking available, none have been tougher than Aiden Markram's at Newlands according to our Expected Runs and Wickets model, with an Expected Average of just 16.6 during his innings. #SAvIND

21 of the 22 wickets to fall at Newlands today were projected to miss the stumps.

India left the ball 38 times in their innings(18%), meanwhile South Africa have left the ball just 33 times across both innings thus far(13%).

#SAvIND

According to our Expected Runs and Wickets model, the Expected Average of 18.0 on Day 1 at Newlands today is the lowest for any Day 1 of a Test match since the start of the ball tracking era. #SAvIND

According to our Expected Runs and Wickets model, South Africa's bowling attack had an Expected Average of just 21.2 during the Centurion test, the lowest by a bowling side in a Test match in the last 5 years. #SAvIND

Since a narrow 7 run win in 1987 AUS have gone on to win their next 5 WC Finals very convincingly

AUS Margin of Victory in WC Finals:

1987: 7 runs
1999: 8 wkts (179 balls rem)
2003: 125 runs
2007: 53 runs
2015: 7 wkts (101 balls rem)
2023: 6 wkts (42 balls rem)

#CWC2023

The 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup is the first edition of the tournament to not be won by a host nation since 2007. #CWC23

Travis Head becomes the 7th player to score a century in a World Cup Final:

1975: Clive Lloyd 102
1979: Viv Richards 138*
1996: Aravinda de Silva 107*
2003: Ricky Ponting 140*
2007: Adam Gilchrist 149
2011: Mahela Jayawardene 103*

2023: Travis Head

#CWC2023