When Romeo laid eyes on Juliet he gushed: "I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." A million cricket nuts felt much the same way the first time they logged on to StatsGuru on CricInfo. Hearts skipped. Pulses danced. Minds boggled. An arcane world - a world of averages, aggregates and algorithms - suddenly became accessible. The impossible was possible.
C. Ryan, 'No anorak required', T. de Lisle (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2003), 60
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