Analysis of Cricket using quantitative methods
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Introduction
Cricket involves numbers, the comparison of these numbers will give us an idea regarding how well a team is faring. The comparison of these number widely depends on Statistics to give us a rational conclusion. Cricket is therefore a sport which involves a lot of statistics,
Statistics are needed to determine the performance of a team in various formats such as one day, international. It is also needed to determine the performance of an individual player over a period of time. Nowadays records are also maintained for List A and Twenty20 limited over matches. These matches are normally limited over games played domestically at the national level by leading Test nations. Since one-day internationals are a form of List A limited over matches, a player's List A statistics will include his ODI match statistics – but not vice versa.
The data collected can of the following types.
General Data
Matches-Number of matches played.
Catches- Number of catches taken.
Stumpings- Number of stumpings made.
Batting data
Innings (I): The number of innings in which the batsman actually batted.
Not outs (NO): The number of times the batsman was not out at the conclusion of an innings they batted in.1
Runs (R): The number of runs scored.
Highest score (HS/Best): The highest score ever made by the batsman.
Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman scored one hundred runs or more.
Half-century (50): The number of innings in which the batsman scored fifty to ninety-nine runs (centuries do not count as half-centuries as well).
Balls faced (BF): The total number of balls received, including no balls but not including wides.
Bowling Data
Overs (O): The number of overs bowled.
Balls (B): The number of balls bowled. Overs is more traditional, but balls is a more useful statistic because the number of balls per over has varied historically.
Maiden overs (M): The number of maiden
Introduction
Cricket involves numbers, the comparison of these numbers will give us an idea regarding how well a team is faring. The comparison of these number widely depends on Statistics to give us a rational conclusion. Cricket is therefore a sport which involves a lot of statistics,
Statistics are needed to determine the performance of a team in various formats such as one day, international. It is also needed to determine the performance of an individual player over a period of time. Nowadays records are also maintained for List A and Twenty20 limited over matches. These matches are normally limited over games played domestically at the national level by leading Test nations. Since one-day internationals are a form of List A limited over matches, a player's List A statistics will include his ODI match statistics – but not vice versa.
The data collected can of the following types.
General Data
Matches-Number of matches played.
Catches- Number of catches taken.
Stumpings- Number of stumpings made.
Batting data
Innings (I): The number of innings in which the batsman actually batted.
Not outs (NO): The number of times the batsman was not out at the conclusion of an innings they batted in.1
Runs (R): The number of runs scored.
Highest score (HS/Best): The highest score ever made by the batsman.
Centuries (100): The number of innings in which the batsman scored one hundred runs or more.
Half-century (50): The number of innings in which the batsman scored fifty to ninety-nine runs (centuries do not count as half-centuries as well).
Balls faced (BF): The total number of balls received, including no balls but not including wides.
Bowling Data
Overs (O): The number of overs bowled.
Balls (B): The number of balls bowled. Overs is more traditional, but balls is a more useful statistic because the number of balls per over has varied historically.
Maiden overs (M): The number of maiden