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Two Test Matches have been completed in the 2010-2011 Ashes Series. The Series is offering some excellent examples of the importance of batting partnerships as foundations for winning performance. I have been collecting information about batting partnerships from Cricinfo‘s excellent coverage of the matches. At present there is a very clear pattern of performance. Twenty-two [...]

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I monitored the performance of teams at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. I was interested in goal scoring performance at sea level and altitude and summarised the data in Goals Scored at 2010 FIFA World Cup Venues. Watching the 2010 Football World Cup took me back to the 1995 Rugby World Cup [...]

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup web site has some fascinating information about Spain’s performance at the tournament. In this post I want to draw attention to Spain’s: Discipline Defence as characteristics of a winning team. There is something about their kit I would like to share too. I believe their discipline and defence were exceptional. [...]

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I wrote a post before the semi finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  The post noted some of the inputs going into these two games from the four teams involved. The outputs of the games were: Higher ranked teams (FIFA Ranking May 2010) won both games The team that scored first won both games [...]

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Going into the semi final games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, these are some of the performance characteristics of the four teams remaining. Alphabetical Team Germany Netherlands Spain Uruguay Alphabetical and Group Position Team Qualifying Group Position Germany 1 Netherlands 1 Spain 1 Uruguay 1 FIFA Ranking May 2010 Team FIFA Rank May 2010 [...]

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