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Cricket · Level 5

Upper-Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 25 tests · 250 facts · updated 6 September 2026

Level 5 is the modern professional game: how it is played, watched and run day to day. Technology on the field: DRS end to end, Hawk-Eye ball-tracking and its margin of error, UltraEdge/Snickometer, hot spot, the third and fourth umpire's role, how a review is requested and decided, umpire's call. Analytics and the data revolution: statistics beyond average and strike rate, win-probability models, matchup analysis, wagon wheels and pitch maps, how data has changed selection and tactics. Great rivalries beyond the Ashes: Border-Gavaskar, India v Pakistan, trans-Tasman cricket, subcontinental and Caribbean rivalries. The business of cricket: broadcast rights, sponsorship, franchise auction economics, board revenue, the Olympic return. Training, fitness and sports science: modern conditioning, workload management, injury prevention, biomechanics in coaching.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 5.1Technology on the FieldThis sub-level teaches the Decision Review System end to end, including how many reviews a side holds and what happens to an unsuccessful one; ball-tracking (Hawk-Eye) and why its projection carries a margin of…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 5.2Analytics and the Data RevolutionThis sub-level teaches statistics that go beyond average and strike rate, such as boundary percentage, dot-ball percentage and phase-by-phase scoring rates; win probability models built from match state and…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 5.3Great Rivalries Beyond the AshesThis sub-level teaches the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia and India's rise in it since the late 2010s; the India-Pakistan rivalry and why the two now meet almost only at ICC events rather than in…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 5.4The Business of CricketThis sub-level teaches broadcast rights as the sport's main revenue engine, and why they are worth so much to boards and franchises; sponsorship, from kit deals to title partnerships, and what a sponsor is actually…5 tests · 50 factsSub-level 5.5Training, Fitness and Sports ScienceThis sub-level teaches modern fitness testing and conditioning, including the Yo-Yo test as a selection benchmark; workload management, especially bowling workload limits for young and fast bowlers; injury prevention…5 tests · 50 facts

Written from

ESPNcricinfo and its analysis and records sections, the ICC's published playing conditions (for DRS protocol specifically), official broadcast/board statements for commercial facts, and recognised sports-science and coaching references for training content. Level 5 covers the modern professional game, so facts are datable and checkable and every keyed answer is verified against these sources. Questions are authored from them, not reproduced from them.