AI is reshaping cricket, says CricViz analyst: 'almost all elements' of work touched
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-16
The Guardian reports on how AI is reshaping cricket—not replacing players, coaches or analysts, but amplifying what they can do.
- Freddie Wilde, head of cricket intelligence at CricViz (working with IPL and The Hundred teams), says "almost all elements" of his daily work are now touched by AI
- The line between traditional and AI-assisted analysis is blurring: models improve, tools get faster, more data gets processed
- AI's first concrete impact: analyst autonomy—tasks that once required a data engineer or scientist can now be done by the analyst alone
- The piece opens with former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo's warning about a "new species ruling the world" before turning to the lighter question of whether such a species could swing an old cricket ball
Robots bowling a perfect doosra remain far off, but AI is already changing how the game is played.
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