Forecasting is not an easy thing. This is the reason why a lot of predictions of players who might make it in the future go wrong. A few do make it, but a lot more do not fail. So, in this article I take a look at other factors that influence whether a player will make it or not. These are things that go beyond statistics.To read on those intangible that appear to be in Janneman Malan's favour click the link below:... more

On the surface, sports look simple enough: teams have to do what they can to overcome their opponents, and when you have a decent number of teams competing for a title over a period of time (a season) then you have a league. The best will win and the league will thrive and keep going. However, things are not that simple. If anything, sports leagues and competitions are very complex and for them to survive, they need to respect the laws of complex systems.Read more:Sports are a complex system... more

Whether in sports or elsewhere in life, we think that the right procedure, the right systems, guarantee success. This is not always so. Sometimes we fail despite putting in place the best plans and the best systems, and sometimes we do well despite not putting in place the right systems and planning properly. Therefore, judging plans and systems by their outcome is not the right way to go about things.Read more in the following article:Good decisions do not guarantee success, all they do is to... more

Cricket is one of those sports where it is easy to look at the wrong metric when trying to make a future prediction. A lot of people tend to go for a player's average. The reasoning behind that is very understandable. But, it is not enough...Read more:A player's average shows you what they have done, and their strike rate shows you what they can do, and it is from that that you deduce potential. - Predicting the... more

One of the most discussed subjects when it comes to athletes is whether they have a Big Match Temperament of they are chokers. BMT is a factor in whether athletes crumble under pressure, or rise to the challenge. Read more in the article below.Without a doubt, all professional athletes have the temperament for competing against other extremely talented athletes. But not all of them possess the ability to not only perform at their best but to exceed what many thought possible when confronted by... more