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February 4, 2012
Tests during 2011: an alternate lookPosted by Anantha Narayanan 4 days, 21 hours ago in
This review of the year should have come out a few weeks earlier. However I was caught up in completing the series of articles on Bowling and Pitch quality and hence this slight delay. Anyhow the year is still fresh in our memory and here we go. I also do not want to hear the words Bowling/Pitch quality for a month or so.
January 27, 2012
Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part 2Posted by Anantha Narayanan 1 week, 5 days ago in
Ian Botham scored majority of his runs against top-quality bowling attacks
© Getty ImagesThis is the follow-up article to the one analysing the batsmen performance in conditions related to bowler quality and pitch types. There were a number of very useful suggestions and after a careful study some of these have been implemented. There have been very sound arguments also that there is an element of double-counting and this method, in general, favours batsmen with very good bowling attacks backing them. This point is accepted. However it would be impossible for me to implement these radical suggestions without a lot of work, including quite a bit of validation. Hence I have gone ahead with the current method, modified suitably. The elimination of the double-counting and the development of a single evaluation factor will be done later.
Continue reading "Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part 2"
January 17, 2012
Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part onePosted by Anantha Narayanan 3 weeks, 1 day ago in
Kim Hughes has scored 88% of his career runs in tough batting conditions
© Getty ImagesFinally the time has come for me to complete the analysis of batsmen by two important factors, Bowler quality and Pitch quality. This exercise was started about 7 months back and has moved on wonderfully well with meaningful insights from many readers. In my earlier two articles I had covered the BQI and RSI ("Runs scored index": revised name for Pitch quality) methodologies. As has happened quite frequently lately, the article, with over 10 tables and 4 graphs, has become very long and I necessarily have to split it into two articles.
Continue reading "Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part one"
January 3, 2012
Pitch quality analysis across all TestsPosted by Anantha Narayanan on 01/03/2012 in
Shane Bond in the Hamilton Test match in 2002 when 36 wickets fell for just 507 runs
© PhotosportThis is the second of three very important and significant articles on batting performances against differing conditions and players. The first did a revised take on the Bowling Quality Index. This one covers the Pitch Quality and the third one would combine both and do an analysis of runs scored by batsmen.
- Y Anantha Narayanan
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Y Anantha Narayanan has over 35 years of IT background. Over the past 15 years, he has been concentrating on Cricket analysis and software development. He has been involved with StumpVision, Wisden, Hallmark Software and his own site www.thirdslip.com during this period.
- David Barry
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David Barry was cricket-starved when teaching English in France, and study of cricket stats was his only way to stay sane. He is now back in Brisbane, Australia, and working towards a PhD in Physics. He once played for the worst team in the G-division of Muscat's cricket league.
- Rajesh
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Rajesh After doing an MBA in marketing and working in an advertising agency, S Rajesh decided that his skills might be put to better use by number-crunching on cricket. He hasn’t regretted that decision in the last six years, and edits the Numbers Game column on cricinfo.com every Friday.
- Rajesh Kumar
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Rajesh Kumar A product of Delhi's Shri Ram College of Commerce, Rajesh Kumar pursued cricket statistics at an early age before joining a nationalised bank, where he served for over two decades. He opted for a VRS nine years back, and hasn't regretted that decision. Apart from being a regular contributor to the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack over the years, Rajesh brought out five World Cup editions for Australia's Peter Murray. He has assisted Bill Frindall from 1980 till his death in January 2009 for the publications of various editions of The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, The Guinness Book of Cricket Facts and Feats, The Wisden Book of Cricket Records, Limited-Overs International Cricket and Playfair Cricket Annual.
- Gabriel Rogers
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Gabriel Rogers was born on the ninety-somethingth birthday of Test cricket, and his fate may well have been sealed from that moment. His day-job revolves around medical statistics, and he is interested in applying principles from the field to the analysis of cricket data. Gabriel has spent most of his life in the south-west of England, but has recently moved to Manchester; he hasn't quite worked out yet whether living in a city with a Test ground is adequate compensation for moving away from his beloved Somerset CCC.
- Ric Finlay
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Ric Finlay Having just taken early retirement as a Mathematics teacher in Hobart, Ric Finlay now fully devotes his time to recording cricket, both past and present, for the popular CSW cricket database, along with his colleague David Fitzgerald (www.tastats.com.au). His interest in the game is inversely proportional to his ability as a player, but he did once score a century after being dropped at 3 and running out three of his team-mates. His first memory of international cricket is the 1962-63 MCC tour of Australia, described as one of the most boring ever. Totally fascinated, he was instantly hooked, and has never looked back. Author of three books on cricket of a historical nature, he has provided statistics and scored for radio and television cricket coverage since 1983.
- Tests during 2011: an alternate look
- Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part 2
- Batsman analysis by bowler-pitch quality - part one
- Pitch quality analysis across all Tests
- Bowling Quality Index re-visited: incorporating home/away and recent form
- Part two of five-wicket hauls in Test cricket: a look across and deep
- Five-wicket hauls in Tests: a look across and deep - part one
- Special Test hundreds: a look across and deep
- Test hundreds: everything anyone wanted to know ... and more
- ODI batsmen against bowler groups: across ages