The wicket goes to the bowler who happened to be there at the end
A pitch map smooths away the one ball that decided the session
Seam movement is measured against a line the ball was never going to follow
Boundary percentage flatters the batter who never bothers running twos
Yorker execution rate is a human opinion typed into a spreadsheet
Six overs is not enough to tell you anything about a batting side
You cannot average a strike rate across innings and expect a true number
The pinch hitter's failures are recorded and his purpose is not
Phase splits stopped being comparable the moment the fielding rules changed
A pitch moisture reading is one number from one spot at one hour
Clay content is a laboratory number applied to a surface that keeps changing
Pitch ratings are ranked opinions that get treated as measurements
Every toss statistic you have read is built on a sample too small to use
Ball tracking rounds off the exact thing that beats the batter
Economy rate quietly punishes the spinner asked to do the hard job
A bowling average is partly a record of who bowled at the tail
Line and length consistency is measured against a target nobody agreed on
