Peter Kettle - ARTICLES

In this two-part article, Peter Kettle reviews the various styles of book reviewing that are adopted by those contributing on this site and in a number of other forums. The focus is on how different reviewers respond to factual mistakes and also grammatical and typographical errors.

The purpose is to set the stage for those who use this site to express their personal preference for a particular style, so as to inform future reviewers.

In Part I, styles that show a bias to “reader protection” are outlined; followed in Part II by those showing a bias to “author/publisher protection”, which concludes with a formal classification of different styles and an invitation to readers to participate.

This is a contribution to the quest for “continuous improvement” to England’s approach to batting in men’s Test matches. It is launched by an observation that – accompanying the impressive increase in the run rate under the new regime – there has been a substantial contraction in the number of overs batted per “completed” team innings. Going forward, the discussion focusses on discovering the most effective ways of easing this contraction while maintaining the run rate achieved, so giving a further boost to England team totals.

Peter Kettle is suggesting what, in his view, is a much needed correction arising from editorial interference with Roger Page’s article in this valuable collection.

Following his article on Dead Runs, responding to the critics, Peter Kettle puts forward four examples of how he assessed these for Don Bradman

Peter Kettle responds to those who have commented on his concept and application of Dead Runs in standardising Test batting averages

Following Forum discussion, Peter Kettle has revised his approach to standardising Test batting averages.

The changes made, and new findings, are presented in this piece.

Guest writer Peter Kettle puts forward a general approach to comparing Test batting averages of players of different generations, based on the use of “dominance ratings”.

See where your players of interest fit in, and say whether or not you agree with the suggested approach.

Mike Brearley’s much anticipated autobiography has just been published – what does Brearley expert Peter Kettle think of it?

Guest writer Peter Kettle considers the case for governing bodies of athletics, cricket and football to break-away from the World Anti-Doping Agency and develop their own regimes.

In January and February, Peter Kettle made a thorough-going evaluation of proposals put forward by others for the treatment of Not Out innings in deriving batting averages. He also made recommendations and showed what effect these would have on traditional averages for a sizeable sample of Test batsmen.

In this Epilogue, he considers what the famous 20 th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein – a radical thinker and cricket enthusiast – would have proposed in a scenario talking to Denis Compton at The Oval ground in the summer of 1947.