Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast

This episode of Strike Rate is a collaboration with The Cricket Podcast. Joined by Ross Legg, Jack and Dan go through the IPL auction and grade each team's performance. If you're only interested in the IPL Auction portion of the show, you might want to skip the first 10 minutes which is a discussion about the BGT. Use the code: CRICKETPOD for 20% off + free shipping at Manscaped.com Links to podcast audio: https://linktr.ee/thecricketpod Our website: thecricketpod.com Support the podcast: patreon.com/thecricketpod Buy merchandise: https://seriouscricket.co.uk/teamwear/stores/the-cricket-podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecricketpod Buy coffee: https://cricketcoffeeco.com/products/the-cricket-podcast-coffee Twitter and Instagram: @thecricketpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jack and Dan talk about the IPL auction, which is coming up on Sunday. They go through the strategies that teams could employ and how teams should be valuing players going into the IPL auction. What is a fair price for a player? How will the new right to match rules work? What are some common mistakes that IPL teams make? On Twitter: Dan - @SAAdvantage Jack - @JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yorkers and bouncers are the big talking poiints on this episode of Strike Rate. Jack and Dan do a deep dive into the data and analyse the use of yorkers, bouncers and other lengths in T20 cricket. They ask questions about their effectiveness, when it is best to use them, and when it is best to steer well clear! Find us on Twitter: Jack: @JackHope0 Dan: @SAAdvantage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode Jack and Dan talk about age in cricket. Do cricket teams give youth players enough of a chance or do the old timers get in the way of their development? We talk about the number of youngsters featuring in domestic teams in England and the world, as well as having an in depth discussion about age related decline, when it happens and what its impact on a player is. Find us on Twitter: Jack: @JackHope0 Dan: @SAAdvantage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The T20 World Cup has ended, with India lifting the trophy. However, that leaves 19 teams as failures across the competition. Jack and Dan talk about the bigger sides who failed at this tournament, including a big disucssion on where Pakistan went wrong. Find Jack and Dan on Twitter: Jack: @JackHope0 Dan: @SAAdvantage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast we talk about the imapct sub rule in the IPL. Impact subs were introduced to the IPL in 2023 and have changed how the game is played in the competition. How has the rule been used by teams and could they improve on its usage? What has the impact sub rule done for batting strike rates? And will it have an impact on how India develops talent? Find us on Twitter if you want to ask a question: Dan Weston: @SAAdvantage Jack Hope: @JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast we talk about the imapct sub rule in the IPL. Impact subs were introduced to the IPL in 2023 and have changed how the game is played in the competition. How has the rule been used by teams and could they improve on its usage? What has the impact sub rule done for batting strike rates? And will it have an impact on how India develops talent? Find us on Twitter if you want to ask a question: Dan Weston: @SAAdvantage Jack Hope: @JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast we invited Paul Nixon to join us. Paul Nixon had a 23 year career as a pro, played for England, played a World Cup, then has gone on to be a successful coach (winning the CPL) and spending a number of years working with Dan at Leicestershire. In the podcast we talk to Paul about his time working as a coach, covering how he works with analytics and brings data into his coaching style. We discuss his time with Leicestershire and what role he filled as Head Coach, as well as how that differs to his time as the coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs. In a great conversation we get into detail about where analysis was able to supplement his role as a coach, with particular successes including the breakthrough of Rishi Patel and the recruitment of Naveen Ul-Haq before he played in the IPL. What role did his analyst (Dan Weston himself!) play at Leicestershire? What does he do when players are resistant to using data? What were some of his successes based on data? Find Dan and Jack on Twitter to interact: Dan Weston: @SAAdvantage Jack Hope: @JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of Strike Rate: The Cricket Analytics Podcast we invited Paul Nixon to join us. Paul Nixon had a 23 year career as a pro, played for England, played a World Cup, then has gone on to be a successful coach (winning the CPL) and spending a number of years working with Dan at Leicestershire. In the podcast we talk to Paul about his time working as a coach, covering how he works with analytics and brings data into his coaching style. We discuss his time with Leicestershire and what role he filled as Head Coach, as well as how that differs to his time as the coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs. In a great conversation we get into detail about where analysis was able to supplement his role as a coach, with particular successes including the breakthrough of Rishi Patel and the recruitment of Naveen Ul-Haq before he played in the IPL. What role did his analyst (Dan Weston himself!) play at Leicestershire? What does he do when players are resistant to using data? What were some of his successes based on data? Find Dan and Jack on Twitter to interact: Dan Weston: @SAAdvantage Jack Hope: @JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of STRIKE RATE: THE CRICKET ANALYTICS PODCAST we talk about the Chennai Super Kings. Why is it that CSK have been so successful for so many years in the IPL? Key factors include the presence of the legend MS Dhoni during all of that time, their home stadium of the Chepauk, and better strategy than other franchises. Jack and Dan discuss all of this as well as answering your questions on a deep dive episode into CSK. Find Dan on Twitter at: twitter.com/SAAdvantage Find Jack on Twitter at: twitter.com/JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode of STRIKE RATE: THE CRICKET ANALYTICS PODCAST we talk about the Chennai Super Kings. Why is it that CSK have been so successful for so many years in the IPL? Key factors include the presence of the legend MS Dhoni during all of that time, their home stadium of the Chepauk, and better strategy than other franchises. Jack and Dan discuss all of this as well as answering your questions on a deep dive episode into CSK. Find Dan on Twitter at: twitter.com/SAAdvantage Find Jack on Twitter at: twitter.com/JackHope0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices