The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Pity, perhaps, the poor statistician with records and stats to compile. Not so long since there were just two categories, Test match and first-class cricket, both played in reasonable numbers in few countries.
Sure, there have been moans about the shifting sands in Pakistan, the status given to Currie Cup B matches, or the curiosity of MCC University matches being given the status in an arbitrary manner – firstclass for the first two matches, then not. But essentially there were two sets of records to keep and...