Series Points - A New Way of Ranking Test Players

[pasag]

Great article from forum member chasingthedon

http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/46.php

Have a read, leave a comment.

 

[Swervy]

superb

 

[chasingthedon]

superb

Thanks swervy. I was particularly pleased to see Learie Constantine near the top, which I think is largely due to his fielding prowess being rewarded by this system - in time, I'll rank players just on their fielding points - it wouldn't surprise me to see him top of that list.

 

[Jamee999]

Very clever.

 

[chasingthedon]

Very clever.

Thanks Jamee.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Inherently skeptical of any system that rates Grimmett above O'Reilly.

Still, fine effort.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Inherently skeptical of any system that rates Grimmett above O'Reilly.

Still, fine effort.

Inherently sceptical of the opinions of anyone who can't spell.

 

[Jnr.]

Inherently sceptical of the opinions of anyone who can't spell.

Skeptical is the American spelling.

Anyway, innovative method - interesting post.

 

[chasingthedon]

Inherently skeptical of any system that rates Grimmett above O'Reilly.

Still, fine effort.

We're not done yet Samuel - this was just the 30s.

 

[chasingthedon]

Skeptical is the American spelling.

Anyway, innovative method - interesting post.

Thanks Jnr.

 

[Migara]

Seems like it preferetially puts players who play a lot of 5 test series on the top. If it turns out to be the case, you'll find Ponting 20 places above Tendulkar!

 

[PhoenixFire]

Skeptical is the American spelling.

And therefore wrong.

 

[chasingthedon]

Seems like it preferetially puts players who play a lot of 5 test series on the top. If it turns out to be the case, you'll find Ponting 20 places above Tendulkar!

I can see why you'd think that, Migara, but I don't believe that's the case. In the 30s, New Zealand, India and West Indies had just entered the arena of Test-playing nations and hence weren't yet very good. So the highest ranked players here are mainly English, Australian and South African, who also happened to pay mainly 5-Test series. And really there's no reason why it should favour 5-Test series players, if ranked on points per series rather than total points..

 

[The Sean]

Really interesting read. Great stuff chasingthedon, thanks.

 

[chasingthedon]

Really interesting read. Great stuff chasingthedon, thanks.

Thanks!

 

[Richard]

And therefore wrong.

Indeed.

Anyway just like to mention, great stuff from Dave, I don't go in for this sort of exact stuff much myself, but it always takes great attention to detail and dedication to do things like this, so big to him.

 

[chasingthedon]

Indeed.

Anyway just like to mention, great stuff from Dave, I don't go in for this sort of exact stuff much myself, but it always takes great attention to detail and dedication to do things like this, so big to him.

Thanks Richard - I don't expect everybody to be into this kind of thing, the main thing is that in our own way we all love cricket.

 

[Ahmed_Tariq]

Thanks Richard - I don't expect everybody to be into this kind of thing, the main thing is that in our own way we all love cricket.

Yes, we sure do. Anyways, great article. Proved to be an excellent read.

 

[chasingthedon]

Yes, we sure do. Anyways, great article. Proved to be an excellent read.

Thanks!

 

[chasingthedon]

Player of the decade - 1920s

The 1920s article has been posted:-

http://www.cricketweb.net/blog/features/51.php