Getting Started With Cricket Stats Obsession
So yesterday I spilled chai all over my keyboard watching that crazy India vs Pakistan match, right? Got me wondering who’s actually topping the wicket charts these days. Grabbed my laptop still smelling like masala chai and started digging.
My Clumsy Research Process
First I tried googling “who got most wickets cricket” like some noob. Big mistake! Got flooded with:
- Ancient stats from 2010
- Clickbait slideshows making me click 15 times
- T20-only lists pretending other formats don’t exist
Got so annoyed I smashed F5 until Chrome froze. Restarted the damn laptop muttering “screw this” loud enough to scare my neighbor’s cat.
The Spreadsheet Nightmare
Decided to pull raw data myself like a proper madman. Opened Excel and immediately regretted it. Had to:
- Dig through 12 different stats pages for each player
- Discover Broad played way more tests than I remembered
- Realize Ashwin’s ODI stats hide in some ICC basement page
Highlight? When Excel crashed after 3 hours because I typoed “Starc” as “Starce” in every damn cell. Screamed into a pillow. Twice.
Reality Hits Hard
Shocker #1: Rabada’s strike rate gave my calculator trust issues. That guy takes wickets like I take smoke breaks. Shocker #2: Boult actually played fewer tests than my brain claimed. Epic Fail Moment: Spent 40 minutes comparing Jadeja and Ashwin before noticing I’d forgotten Lyon entirely. Facepalmed so hard my glasses flew off.
Final Tally Disaster Zone
After 6 coffees and 2 headaches, here’s the messy truth:
- Starc’s white-ball numbers look photoshopped
- Bumrah missing tests murdered his count
- Broad retired right when I finished his row
Left my monitor looking like a detective’s murder board with sticky notes everywhere. The verdict? Cricket stats sites need serious fixing and my eyes need serious rest. Next time I’m just asking ChatGPT before wrecking my entire Sunday.
