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What the numbers say about T20 cricket, in plain English.
What a wicket costs
A wicket in the first over costs a T20 side about 12 runs; one in the last over, about 1. But the wickets that hurt most are the fifth and sixth.
Read the articleIndia v West Indies: the fastest-scoring series in India
Three games at 11.36 runs an over: no bilateral T20I series in India since 2016 has scored faster. Who scored the runs, who kept them down, and why off-spin held up best.
Read the articleDo dot balls make batters crack?
Commentators say a few dots in a row bring a wicket. We checked 1.9 million T20 balls. The wicket never comes, but batters do get stuck, and sixes come in bunches.
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