Showing posts with label Kridaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kridaya. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Kridaya's 2 Takes


Posted by Q at Saturday, May 30, 2009 No Comments
Krishna over at Kridaya does two takes on predicting the winners of the ICC World Twenty20.

First he uses the scenario where the teams would qualify to the Super 8s according to their standing in the group stages.

That leads Kirshna to an India vs South Africa final and India being the eventual winners.

Then, he uses the actual scenario of where the teams go into their Super 8 pools according the seeds that ICC applies.

That leads him to a Pakistan vs New Zealand final and Pakistan being the eventual winners.

Interesting predictions I thought.

Even though its next to impossible to predict the outcome of twenty20 matches.

So Pakistan or India then?

What's your take?

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Saturday, May 16, 2009

How Authentic is this Cricinfo Page 2?


Posted by Q at Saturday, May 16, 2009 No Comments
The IPL Page 2 is just an experiment, a beta version so to say of the Cricinfo Page 2, which will be up and running after the IPL is over.

Cricinfo Page 2 will not be an IPL specific thing, it will be the Page 2 stuff of all the cricket going on.

Is it only me, but have the rest of you also noticed something not right about this Page 2?

Let me explain.

When it started, it gave me the idea that it was going to be a non-serious look at cricket, much like many of the cricket blogs.

I mean, we - the bloggers - do look at cricket seriously, but we all try and put a little bit of humour into our posts. Some more than others, but the humour is definitely there. While some posts are completely non-serious.

Cricinfo has never been like that (barring Andy Zaltsman). Cricinfo was always the serious look at cricket.

With this Page 2, however, they are taking liberties to give that humorous tone to their columns.

The CV, the commentators' blunders, and the press conferences that never happened, are some examples of the humor-oriented columns on IPL Page 2.

They all look like something that the cricket bloggers would have come up with, not Cricinfo.

Anyhow, till now I kept giving Cricinfo the benefit of the doubt.

Till I saw this!

The moment I saw it, I thought of this.

Jrod wrote that a year ago. That post also appeared in The Wisden Cricketer.

Now I certainly believe that Cricinfo Page 2 is taking its cue from cricket bloggers; and what better for them than to pick stuff up from the best of them all - Cricket with Balls.

That's not all.

This Page 2 have a few copy writers as well. Plagiarism is a crime; a big one if you're trying to make it as a writer.

No matter how much benefit of the doubt I would like to give Tishani Doshi, it makes it difficult when you take a look at the evidence provided by Kridaya - here about her "Gladwell" post and here about her "Chekhov" post!

Kridaya's not the only one. Ducking Beamers exposes Tishani Doshi as well, in a completely different way!

So then, how authentic is this Cricinfo Page 2?

Decide for yourself.

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Friday, May 15, 2009

What are the Chances of Your IPL Team?


Posted by Q at Friday, May 15, 2009 No Comments
Do you want to know which teams stand a chance to make it to the semi finals of the IPL?

Do you want to know which team's chances are better than others?

Do you want to drown yourself in some complex mathematical calculations and projections?

If yes then I suggest you hop over to Kridaya's cricket lounge and take a look at his IPL 2009 Projections.

Using all the different permutations and combinations of the 11 matches left in the IPL, Kridaya applies probability and statistics and all those mathematical tricks to come up with the chances of each team finishing at a certain position on the points table.

According to Kridaya's projections, Delhi have a 91% chance of finishing 1st and a 6% chance of finishing 2nd.

We didn't need so many calculations to figure that one out.

But it gets interesting.

Chennai have a 46% of finishing 2nd and a 24% chance of finishing 3rd.

While Deccan and Rajasthan have the best chance of finishing 3rd and 4th respectively.

Those are the respective positions of the 4 teams as of now, but Kridaya's done some great work here, which I reckon is worth a look.

See how your team's chances stand.

Mumbai and Punjab won't be too happy.

And Kolkata?

They are the only team that score 100% in Kridaya's table. A 100% chance of finishing 8th!

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