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Old 04-01-2013, 04:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
Neil Pickup
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Originally Posted by Howe_zat View Post
That seems extremely flawed - all the data shows is that night watchmen are more likely to be used in low-scoring matches. As you'd expect, as when wickets are tumbling it's likely that one will be near the end of the day.
Granted (a) is suspect, but (b) is comparing team scores given the score at the fall of the night-watchman's wicket: surely that goes some way to controlling for the nature of the match?
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