fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I presume there must have been a thread on this subject before but hopefully this will provide a new slant on it.
I have just acquired a little book in a series of “Statistical Meanderings” by CPW Jonkers the point of which is to assess innings statistically with a view to thereby deciding which is the greatest innings ever.
He uses 5 factors:-
F1.Runs scored
Jonker’s takes the cube root of this in his calculation
F2. Quality of Pitch
To get a figure for this he divides 150 by (2 x the average runs per wicket for the match in question plus 3 x the average runs per wicket for the innings in which the runs are scored)
F3. Quality of Bowlers
The average bowling average when Jonkers wrote this was 28 so you calculate the average of the averages of the bowlers involved as at the date of the match weighted with reference to the number of overs they bowl and divide 28 by that figure.
F4. Speed of Innings
Jonkers would have liked to have used runs per 100 balls as the measure but as that is often not available for older innings he uses the individual innings runs per over. He then divides the innings figure by the overall test average (1.5 in his day) and you have F4
F5. Innings relative to that of other batsmen
The way he works this out is complicated but it is intended to be a measure of the dominance of the innings under consideration – if this thread attracts interest I will set it out in detail.
Jonkers considers F2 and F3 to be twice as important as F4 and F5
His rating is completed then by the following calculation
5F1 (2F2 + 2F3 + F4 + F5) divided by 3
Jonkers did this in 1992 – he admits only working it through on “about 30 well known innings” and his “Greatest Innings” on the basis of his formula was Graham Gooch’s 154* against W Indies at Headingley in 1991
I have just acquired a little book in a series of “Statistical Meanderings” by CPW Jonkers the point of which is to assess innings statistically with a view to thereby deciding which is the greatest innings ever.
He uses 5 factors:-
F1.Runs scored
Jonker’s takes the cube root of this in his calculation
F2. Quality of Pitch
To get a figure for this he divides 150 by (2 x the average runs per wicket for the match in question plus 3 x the average runs per wicket for the innings in which the runs are scored)
F3. Quality of Bowlers
The average bowling average when Jonkers wrote this was 28 so you calculate the average of the averages of the bowlers involved as at the date of the match weighted with reference to the number of overs they bowl and divide 28 by that figure.
F4. Speed of Innings
Jonkers would have liked to have used runs per 100 balls as the measure but as that is often not available for older innings he uses the individual innings runs per over. He then divides the innings figure by the overall test average (1.5 in his day) and you have F4
F5. Innings relative to that of other batsmen
The way he works this out is complicated but it is intended to be a measure of the dominance of the innings under consideration – if this thread attracts interest I will set it out in detail.
Jonkers considers F2 and F3 to be twice as important as F4 and F5
His rating is completed then by the following calculation
5F1 (2F2 + 2F3 + F4 + F5) divided by 3
Jonkers did this in 1992 – he admits only working it through on “about 30 well known innings” and his “Greatest Innings” on the basis of his formula was Graham Gooch’s 154* against W Indies at Headingley in 1991
