What does a cricket analyst actually do?! - James Maby (Northamptonshire CCC) - #6

For me, cricket is a sport that I know very little about and so I was really keen to speak to someone involved in the sport from an analysis perspective to learn more about what really goes on. James has worked at academy level but is currently first team analyst at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. James talks about the types of things cricket analysts focus on, how much opposition analysis is done, and gives some great advice. James also has an interest in rugby too, and he actually is a qualified referee. This then leads us on to the importance of transferrable skills between different sports. The Cricket Analytics book that James mentions - https://amzn.to/3JwmmGN ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 2:08 - Introduction to cricket and coaching 5:52 - University, introduction to analysis? 11:24 - The Cricket Season & Recruitment 14:05 - Competitions, match days and stats 17:30 - Workload, 6 month season 19:25 - Do all teams have analysts? 22:25 - Gloucestershire, unpaid work 29:38 - Video or Data (Tableau) 35:10 - Surrey 37:30 - An average week for James, and his colleagues 47:47 - Different skills, times are changing, rugby 50:34 - Advice for analysts 54:08 - Opportunity for more jobs in cricket? 57:53 - Podcast/Book recommendations ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk