Every Innings Tells a Story.

Every red-ball innings. Every level. From Test debuts to second-team grinds — track how players actually develop with rolling form analysis, advanced context metrics, competition-level breakdowns, and transparent global rankings.

Break down any career from every angle.

Virat Kohli's incredible 129-Test journey, including one of the greatest peaks of all time.

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Virat Kohli Test rolling average visualization

Built for the Red-Ball Obsessed

Whether you're a selector comparing openers against pace in Asian conditions, a journalist tracking a player's decline across formats, or a fan proving that Lara's 2004 was the greatest calendar year in Test history — the data is here, and it goes deeper than anywhere else.

Compare eras. Adjust for context. Break down performance by competition, opposition, position, or phase of career.

Career Intelligence

Complete player careers across all levels

Analysis Tabs Available:
By Year
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By Innings
By Position
By Ground
Matches:200
Innings:329
Runs:15,921
Average:53.79

Form & Trends

Rolling form analysis and momentum tracking

Metric Toggles:
L50 Average42.5
Career Average53.79
L20 Average38.2

Context is Everything.

Say goodbye to flat-track bullies. Raw averages don't tell the full story — our advanced metrics compare a player's output against the exact match environments they actually played in.

Avg+ shows how a batter performed relative to the top six batters in those same matches. Bowling Avg+, SR+, and Econ+ do the same for bowlers — adjusting for opposition quality and match conditions.

Raw Average45.2
Avg+112
Avg+ table showing context-adjusted batting performance

Above 100 means you outperformed your peers in those conditions. Below 100 means the conditions exposed you. Because scoring 45 in a low-scoring era isn't the same as 45 in a flat-track decade.

Data-Rich Analysis Tools

Explore player rankings, team comparisons, and performance heatmaps

The Red-Ball Player Rating Engine

Every innings contributes to a player's rating — weighted by recency, competition level, opposition strength, and match impact. No black boxes. No mystery formulas. Just consistent, explainable weighting applied across every era of red-ball cricket.

Whether you're comparing Bradman to Smith, evaluating domestic standouts pushing for higher honours, or pressure-testing modern reputations against stronger attacks — slice batting and bowling rankings by era, competition, and minimum matches.

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Red-ball player rankings table

Whether you're comparing Bradman to Smith, evaluating domestic standouts pushing for higher honours, or pressure-testing modern reputations against stronger attacks, this engine lets you slice batting and bowling rankings by era, competition, and minimum matches — with clear, transparent weighting at every step.

The Global Red-Ball Team Index

Every professional red-ball match — Tests, domestic competitions, second-team pathways — feeds into our team rating system. Track how nations rise and fall across decades, see dominance cycles, and understand historical progression, not just current form.

Current RankingsYear End Rankings

Data updated through February 2026

Global red-ball team index rankings table

How It Works

  • Every match contributes rating points.
  • Competition strength is factored in.
  • Ratings update dynamically after each result.
  • Momentum windows (3M, 12M, 24M, 36M) reveal trend direction.

Season Innings Heatmap

Spot the patterns. See the purple patches. A season-by-season heatmap of every innings — instantly revealing golden runs, lean spells, and everything in between.

Season innings heatmap showing run distribution by colour

Every Red-Ball Competition on Earth

From Ashes Tests to County Championship, from Ranji Trophy to Sheffield Shield — plus second XI cricket and emerging nations most databases ignore. If it's red-ball and professional, it's here.

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Pakistan

Sri Lanka

West Indies

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Ireland

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Filter by opposition, series, ground, era, format, team, and competition across international, domestic, and second-team pathways.

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A short walkthrough showing filters, rankings, and form analysis

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