T20 Player Value: Part I

In this and subsequent posts, I aim to explain my methods for T20 player evaluation. They are not set in stone. Any time I sit down to analyse a player, team, tournament, strategy, there is a decent chance that they will change. I would love to hear other people’s feedback and ideas. If nothing else, writing down my thoughts has forced me to be critical of my own work. Indeed, the methods changed several times even as I documented them

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Global T20 draft: Best picks

This piece looks at some of the best picks on the second day of the Global T20 draft. A lot of different factors go into the draft process in any sport, and rational thought isn't always the most important. Here the aim is to identify the picks which give the most value in comparison to what was available at the time. Obviously, everybody mentioned here is likely to be a net contributor to their team but not everybody can select Chris Morris - salvaging an average player in the later rounds of the draft could be just as valuable

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