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Live updates from the fourth day at Old TraffordBob Willis Trophy: Durham v Lancs and more – county cricket live!Women’s World Cup pushed back to 2022 due to pandemicDrop Geoff an email | Tweet @GeoffLemonSport 10.59am BST Some first thoughts in response to Andy: there’s a tendency for people to assume a particular point is being made when stats are mentioned, when that may not be the case. If I get online and post that Virat Kohli’s ODI average against the Netherlands is 12, and JP Duminy’s is 190, I can almost guarantee I’ll get some angry patriots demanding to know how I can justify saying that Duminy is better than Kohli. Where all I would actually be doing is offering some information, whether because it’s funny or interesting or anything else. Talking about the chases is a bit like that. No one is saying that it’s impossible to chase 300 because the biggest chase is 294. All they’re saying is that it hasn’t happened before, which seems pretty relevant and interesting. 10.43am BST Alriiiight, here’s some spicy stuff from Andy Cooke. I like this.“Once again, we’ve been seeing all the ‘only once has any team chased more than this amount to win at Old Trafford’ stuff. A quick check reveals that the fourth innings of Tests at Old Trafford has seen 10 scores of over 250 (out of 46 occasions). Yes, only one of those resulted in a win – but if the target had been 250, all of them would, wouldn’t they? Continue reading…

Live updates from the fourth day at Old Trafford
Bob Willis Trophy: Durham v Lancs and more – county cricket live!
Women’s World Cup pushed back to 2022 due to pandemic
Drop Geoff an email | Tweet @GeoffLemonSport

10.59am BST

Some first thoughts in response to Andy: there’s a tendency for people to assume a particular point is being made when stats are mentioned, when that may not be the case. If I get online and post that Virat Kohli’s ODI average against the Netherlands is 12, and JP Duminy’s is 190, I can almost guarantee I’ll get some angry patriots demanding to know how I can justify saying that Duminy is better than Kohli. Where all I would actually be doing is offering some information, whether because it’s funny or interesting or anything else.

Talking about the chases is a bit like that. No one is saying that it’s impossible to chase 300 because the biggest chase is 294. All they’re saying is that it hasn’t happened before, which seems pretty relevant and interesting.

10.43am BST

Alriiiight, here’s some spicy stuff from Andy Cooke. I like this.

“Once again, we’ve been seeing all the ‘only once has any team chased more than this amount to win at Old Trafford’ stuff. A quick check reveals that the fourth innings of Tests at Old Trafford has seen 10 scores of over 250 (out of 46 occasions). Yes, only one of those resulted in a win – but if the target had been 250, all of them would, wouldn’t they?