Pappus' plane - cricket stats

It's been a few years since I wrote this, noting the sharp decline in the no-ball rate in ODI's since the start of Twenty20. The trends don't appear to be a blip, as we now have three more years of data to look at, and the evidence is pretty solid:



The drop-off is also quite visible, though not as dramatic, in Tests:



In less than a week, my almost month-long holiday from work will be over, so the recent burst of activity on this blog will probably end. I'll have a couple more blog posts in the next few days, and then I'll probably go back to just being a commenter around the place.