Now before I start let me tell you that I am a big cricket fan, this will help you in understanding the thought behind the article better. There are different categories of cricket fans, some of them are just casual followers of the game, some are followers of those cricket games where they favorite team or players are taking part and some are serious followers of the game and no matter which team or player is playing or where the game is being played. These fans fall under the category of those fans that are very serious about all the aspects of the game and so cricket stats is something that is of very importance to them. For the cricket fan who is not too much involved with the game, cricket stats may not be of too significance, but this is not so with serious fans of the game.

Now cricket stats is something which is used as benchmark for the judging the performance of a player or a team in tournament. In fact cricket stats is not only for judging performance in certain tournaments, but also can be used to judge the overall performance of a player in an entire tournament. So if you are one of those serious fans of the game, you must make sure that you have access to all the genuine information about cricket stats. All the international cricket stats are maintained and recognized by the ICC, i.e. The International Cricket Council. There are many online sites that provide cricket stats, and all you need to do is to make sure that cricket stats are correct, recent and genuine. Well what use will be of cricket stats to you or a cricket fan like me if they are not recent and do not have the latest information?

At the national levels the cricket stats are maintained by the local board of that country respectively. Statistics make for a very interesting read and can throw our many interesting results if studied prior to a match or a tournament. Now many people especially many players say that statistics do not matter at all and they never play for statistics. Well it may be true for some players, but who does not love to achieve a milestone and set statistics records. Cricket stats are something that no serious lover of the game can escape from all the talks that revolve around cricket stats.

Now I am one of those serious followers of the game, so by now you must have realized that how important cricket stats are to me. In love to compare the game that is played today with that which was played earlier. Of course there can be no comparison in the real sense of the term as conditions and many other aspects of the players and the game were different those days. After a tournament begins just comparing and looking at the different cricket stats make for an interesting reading and I am sure all cricket fans will agree with me.