Strategy

In cricket, players have long been put into three different categories; batsmen, bowlers and wicket-keepers. However the advent of One Day cricket in the 1970’s saw an influx of players who were equally brilliant in two disciplines...

With all-rounders being a sought-after commodity in fantasy cricket it is often a great strategy to identify any batsmen who can bowl the occasional over or two. These players are very rare because in cricket, every player...

Batting order is a vital component of cricket contests, as teams aim to have their best batsmen coming out early to build momentum and their score, while also putting pressure on the fielding team. So too is it important for...

Every cricket match that is played in a one-day or T20 format, has a period towards the end of each innings where batsmen will play very aggressive shots in an attempt to score fast runs before they run out...

Cricket has a wide range of players with unique skills. Some can bowl fast, some are great spin bowlers, some are wicket-keepers and some are good batsmen. Then you have the batsmen who are known as "pinch hitters". Pinch hitters...

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is undoubtedly the best basketball league in the world. Taking place over nine months in the USA, the NBA features some of the best athletes in the world in a 30-team competition, where each...

With the advent of daily fantasy sports taking off around the globe, there are now more ways than ever to stay interested in a game even when your team isn't playing! The English Premier League is the biggest domestic...

There have been players over the history of cricket who were both wicket-keepers and reasonably-capable batsmen, however it wasn’t until Australian Adam Gilchrist burst onto the scene that the need for batting wicket-keepers became almost mandatory. Gilchrist was by no...