Field Hockey
Analysis Without Data: A Cautionary Tale of a Null InputEvery match has a truth, but that truth needs an address. When I sat in the...
Dhaka United Crowned First Division Champions as Women's Goalkeeper Development Offers Fresh Hope for Bangladesh HockeyDhaka United have won the Bangladesh First Division Hockey League with 28...
Asian Champions Trophy: India's Depth Test and the Load on Abhishek's AnkleThe biggest question in Indian hockey right now is coming from off the...
Asian Champions Trophy: India's Real Test Against Malaysia Lies in Penalty Corners and the Ability to Break a Low BlockIndia's fourth round-robin match at the men's Asian Champions Trophy looks, o...
13-0, 5-2, 4-1: Where India's 22-Goal Ledger Starts to Mislead Before MalaysiaThree lines on the scoreboard: 13-0, 5-2, 4-1. Twenty-two goals scored, three...
The Ledger Reads 9–13: Inside Bangladesh’s Two Wins Sits a Negative BalanceThe scoreboard says 3–1. The tournament ledger says 9–13. After Bangladesh be...
The Hockey File Came Back Blank: The Numbers Bangladesh Never Wrote DownA report landed on my desk last week. Nine chapters, all correctly titled —...
The Calendar With No Matches Is Bangladesh Hockey's Most Honest ReportAn A4 sheet hangs on the wall of the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium press box...
The Johor Final: Three Penalty Corners, 24 Minutes of Silence and the Width of One ShootoutThe 49th minute. The light was draining at Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor...
Twentieth Edition, Zero Scoreline: The Trinity–Thomian Hockey Record Nobody KeptThe video runs under a minute. The caption reads: 20th Trinity–Thomian Hockey...
Asian Champions Trophy: Five Matches in Seven Days and the Quiet Arithmetic of Bangladesh's BenchFive matches in seven days. Two of them back to back, October 29 and 30 — Jap...
27 Corners, 7 Goals, 18.5 Percent: The Question India Carry Into the Gifu Semi-FinalTwenty-seven penalty corners in sixty minutes. The arithmetic is not difficul...
27 Penalty Corners, 7 Goals, 18.5 Percent: India's Win Is Smaller Than It LooksThe scoreboard reads 7-0. At the end of the first quarter, it read 0-0. I hav...
Behind 33-20: Bangladesh's Handball Win Over Nepal Leaves the Real Test UnansweredThe first half ended 13-9. The match ended 33-20. The rest you must work out...
Fifteen Goalkeepers, Seven Days, Zero Save Percentages: Auditing Pakistan Hockey's Last LineIslamabad's Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium is hosting a seven-day camp. Fifteen...
