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Number of tackle breaks in Jacob Saifiti’s last 500 min of #NRL: 0 Number of tackle breaks in Jacob Saifiti’s 36 min of #Origin: 6

So both innings started already on ~30 runs, and the y-axis going up by 52 is the most logical option?

SKY is in a world of his own. In T20s, there is an inherent trade-off between batting average and strike rate but SKY seems to have forgotten about that.

World Cup Champions! So grateful to have been a part of this amazing team for the past 5 years in partnership with Griffith University, up the Jillaroos!

Steve Smith now averages 215 with the bat against the West Indies, sitting 2nd overall only behind Adam Voges with an average of 542. Cricket Australia #AUSvWI

Lowest score to top all runs scorers in a full #BBL match: 28 A ROSS - BBL12 30 J Silk - BBL08 31 S Marsh - BBL03 31 T Beaton - BBL04 34 J Philippe - BBL09

Conceding 20 or more runs in an over twice in a #BBL game: W Sheridan (Renegades) - BBL03 Match 1 T Curran (Sixers) - BBL09 Match 20 L Guthrie (Heat) - BBL11 Match 23 X BARTLETT (HEAT) - BBL12 MATCH 3

Most expensive 5fers in KFC Big Bash League: 5/50 L WOOD 5/35 B Doggett 5/33 Z Evans 5/28 D Bravo 5/27 H Rauf Melbourne Stars

Over the past 10 days, 3 of the 5 highest KFC Big Bash League innings have been scored. After 4 overs, none of these were even in the Top 50. Even more remarkably, the Scorchers (33) were barely higher than the average score after 4 overs (29.8). Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat Sydney Thunder #rstats

Tom Rogers is bowling to Tom Rogers in the #BBL. The batter and bowler have shared names once before in T20I when Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) bowled to Mohammad Shahzad (UAE) in two matches (2015, 2016). In 2nd game, Shahzad dismissed Shahzad, just like Rogers dismissed Rogers.

After a sluggish start with 22 innings without a 100, Steve Smith becomes the 2nd fastest to 30 centuries in his 163rd innings, only trailing Tendulkar who achieved this feat in his 159th inning.

Travis Head’s 175 is now the lowest top score by Australia's top 5 this summer: Warner - 200 Khawaja - 185* Labuschagne - 204 Smith - 200* Head - 175 Green - 51* Carey - 111 Cricket Australia

Matt Short when opening: 911 runs in 28 innings at an average of 35.04 Matt Short when not opening: 361 runs in 30 innings at an average of 13.37 Adelaide Strikers

After 80 BBL innings (1610 balls), Michael Neser has conceded 50 runs in a match for the first time. Adam Zampa is the current record holder having bowled 2137 balls and still yet to concede 50 runs in a match.

89% of the runs scored in last night’s BBL match were by players that are unavailable for selection by the end of the finals #AUSIND #CricketAustralia

Given the field position Penrith Panthers 🏆🏆🏆🏆 had last night, they were expected to have scored 36.2 pts, the highest of any team this season. Having only scored 15 pts, it was the 3rd highest difference of any team this season (-21.2 pts from expected).

Expected Points from Origin Game 1: Blues - 24.6 (scored 18) Maroons - 10.1 (scored 26) #Origin

Expected Points for Origin 2: NSW - 26.9 (scored 6) QLD - 10.4 (scored 32)

With Australia's trip to England for the Ashes complete, Chris Drovandi and I took a deep dive into Bazball to see how game-changing it has been for Test cricket from a stats perspective, see our The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article here: theconversation.com/bazball-by-the…

Was great to share of my 6-month journey with the Gold Coast Titans, leading to their first Grand Final berth! This Griffith University article highlights our partnership and how universities can add value to our local teams. Read the story here: ow.ly/BjPu50PYoVj