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Ben Stokes faced 367 balls. Over six innings, Kuldeep Yadav faced 362.
Bowlers win Test matches - the old truth that's still true in cricket's
brave new world
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-eng-dharamsala-test-bowlers-win-test-matches-old-truth-remains-true-in-cricket-s-brave-new-world-1424259
Whatever the approach to batting, you need 20 wickets to win a Test -
India chose that option, England left their bowling undermanned and ill-equipped
Sometimes, a series will throw up the oddest of numbers. Take this one,
from India's just-completed 4-1 win over England. Over ten innings in
this series, Ben Stokes faced 367 balls. Over six innings, Kuldeep Yadav
faced 362.
Sometimes these numbers are random and meaningless, products of the
high-speed blender of outcomes over small sample sizes. And even if
there is meaning to be found, it may not be particularly deep. Sometimes
a gun player goes through a bad patch and a lower-order batter ends up
being unusually hard to dismiss.
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