Benedict Bermange
@Benedict_B
Sky Sports Statistician
Here's hoping the @BuffaloBills reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the year this photo was taken. So long ago that Marlboro could still advertise on stadium billboards!
India losing 14 successive tosses is a 1 in 16,384 chance. But, had Karun Nair played alongside Kamboj, Jadeja and Bumrah, they would have four players with the same birthday, a 1 in 149,635 chance. Had Shreyas Iyer also played there would be five - a 1 in 39 million chance!
Australia with five bowlers currently in the world's top ten arguably the strongest showing since England had six bowlers in the top 12 in late 1958
The last time at least 11 England players were dismissed 'bowled' in a Test was at Cape Town in 1906
The final day at Leeds from my viewpoint - if anyone is interested?
The undoubted highlight of the recent Women's ODI series between England and the West Indies was when both batter and bowler managed to fall over during the same delivery!
In honour of Virat Kohli's retirement from Test cricket, here are the players who have fallen foul of the ICC's Code of Conduct on the most occasions since it was introduced back in 1992:
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RIP 'Goofy' Lawrence, who took wickets with each of his last two Test deliveries in 1962, and remained on a theoretical hat-trick (I know it wouldn't have counted as one - but still!) for 63 years.
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England yesterday picked as many wicket-keepers (Salt, Duckett, Smith, Buttler) as bowlers (Archer, Wood, Carse, Rashid). Another such occasion was when Chandimal, Sangakkara, Dilshan and Prasanna Jayawardene all faced England in the 2012 Galle Test.
Sam Darnold's 82 lost yards due to sacks set a playoff record, but on 26 Oct 1952 the Giants Charlie Conerly (44), Fred Benners (69) and Frank Gifford (14) lost 127 yards between them through sacks against the Eagles in a 10-14 defeat. The Giants punter that day was Tom Landry!
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You would expect a team who have scored 385 and conceded 288 points to win 10.7 games. In fact the Chiefs have won 15, so they have "over-achieved" their expectation by 4.3 wins. The next best is +2.4 wins by the Rams. However Andy Reid has never won Coach of the Year with KC.
Difficult to believe it is five years today since Bob left us. Here he is in typical pose, with another gone too soon.
For those who are not aware, @SlangsOnSports is a superb baseball writer and self-confessed baseball nerd, who finds stories through statistics and tells everyone "Baseball is the Best"
A highlight of the All-MLB Awards Show, this tribute to our friend and colleague @SlangsOnSports ❤️
Kenneth Walker became the eighth player to have both a rushing and receiving Touchdown on his birthday.
Joe Root's was the 100th score of 250+ in Test history (Brook's was the 101st) and the knock with the lowest percentage of runs in boundaries:
