The Spin | Travis Bavesi: the Statsguru visionary who transformed cricket

The man behind Cricinfo’s search engine, who has died aged 47, was a one-off who paved the way for today’s data-driven game

Travis Basevi wasn’t the kind of man who sought the limelight. He was happy to just do his thing. And that thing was groundbreaking.

Basevi, who died last month at the tragically young age of 47, leaving behind his wife, Jane, and son, Victor, was a genuine one-off, a man who transformed the way people looked at cricket and, by extension, the game itself.