In a dramatic turn of events, Jos Buttler has stepped down as England’s white-ball captain following the team’s early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This decision comes on the heels of a crushing defeat to Afghanistan, which sealed England’s elimination from the tournament and marked their seventh consecutive loss. Buttler, who assumed the … Read more
Phew! We all breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday afternoon, as Newcastle were able to get back to winning ways on the South Coast, after falling at home to Bournemouth last weekend. Howe’s side appeared back to their dominant best for much of the 90 minutes against Southampton at St Mary’s, with the usual … Read more
Image credit: © Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A few weeks ago, I discussed the option of moving beyond current metrics for summarizing exit velocity, such as the raw mean and the 90th percentile. The reasons for this include that (1) the exit velocity distribution is heavily left-skewed, so the raw mean is missing important information; (2) … Read more