Press release says:
"Warwickshire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Sophie Ball as its inaugural Head of Data and Intelligence, a pioneering role that reinforces the Club’s commitment to innovation and high-performance excellence."
It says of Sophie: "She began her career with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as an analyst before spending the past six years at British Cycling as Lead Insights Analyst."
The old-fashioned part of me is slightly cynical about these kinds of roles. Did her six years at British Cycling lead to any insights other than "Pedal faster"?

Data analytics has an important role to play in sports and business.

Hopefully she will see from the data that selecting a professional batsman with a red ball average of 16.85 after 8 games is not going to help the team win matches.

Two brilliant responses - I can't stop laughing and helps make up for the fact I won't be able to follow the game tonight!!!

There is always Radio Wales coverage, but that is probably the worst on the circuit.

A made up job courtesy of the data guru himself, James Thomas. These data people are stealing a living. Sport has metics, yes, but it is not a computer game. This is what American sport has given us with that whole Moneyball nonsense. They would be better served investing in proper coaches.