Starting June 5th, India will defend its title of “world champions” for the first time since it took over the mantle of “most influential nation” in world cricket. Predictably, given the board that the defending champions represent, there is no shortage of enthusiasm for the 2nd edition of the T20 Worldcup. From a format that [...]...
There are probably as many “top-10/20/100 best players” lists as there are cricket journalists. Over the years, forests have been leveled in order to present rigorously analytical points of view about why player A is better than player B because his average is higher on grounds beginning with the letter W while player C sucks [...]...
Continuing from the last post, what makes a good ODI batsman?
Consistency: Yes, the high average is an obvious sign of a good player, but the quality of the runs matter. Shorn of the freebies collected against the likes of Kenya, UAE, Holland etc., do the player’s averages stay afloat or do they dip significantly. [...]...
Continued from What the best ODI batsmen have…
We started with a set of six batsmen to compare on previously defined parameters. Their career highlights:
Batsman
ODI’s
Runs
Average
Strike Rate
Adam Gilchrist
287
9619
35.89
96.94
Brian Lara
298
10353
40.44
79.58
Hershelle Gibbs
244
8038
36.37
83.32
Kevin Pietersen
90
3109
47.83
87.60
Ricky Ponting
311
11251
42.13
80....
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