Ryder–Vettori, graphic
Day 1 was so bizarre, two collapses and a record-breaking partnership, that I wanted to see how the innings would look if we could view it as a whole. So I graphed it. This is what a partnership that makes up 2/3 of an innings looks like:

And for comparison, here is the – considerably less dramatic – as yet incomplete – Indian innings:


March 20th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
A partnership that makes up 2/3 of an innings looks a bit like cock and balls.
March 20th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
A partnership that makes up 2/3 of an innings looks a bit like cock and balls.
Is that what you see?
March 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Brilliant Ben!
March 20th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I see Mitre Peak
March 20th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Nice, although I’d prefer it as a column graph…
March 20th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Richard, A partnership that makes up 2/3 of an innings also looks like its flipping the birdie to the rest of the batters.
March 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I see Mitre Peak
It’s like a cricket Rorshach test.
I see a Jelly Tip.
March 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 am
Nice job.
Best little cricket team .. I guess you mean ‘best’ among the little ones
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