Indies

A maximum over deep mid-wicket brought up the century in the 11th over and only West Indies great Chris Gayle, with a 30-ball ton for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors in 2013, has got to the milestone quicker in the IPL.

India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana are crowned the leading cricketers in the world, while West Indies' Nicholas Pooran is the world's leading T20 player.

Atkinson took 12 wickets against West Indies on his Test debut in July, which sparked a remarkable tally of 52 scalps in the year.

He put on 119 with West Indies international Sherfane Rutherford, who was caught at long-off for 43 at the end of the penultimate over.

As the industry becomes a business of extremes — tentpoles and low-margin indies — he finds it all but impossible to determine what audiences want.