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An analysis of test grounds since 1980
An interesting analysis at Cricinfo.com
Cricinfo - Blogs - It Figures - 19 grounds, 19 years - an in-depth study The writer has taken the scores at major grounds, and found mean totals for each innings. The results are quite interesting (barring the Dhaka stadium which occupies the lowest rung understandably. Code:
Ground Num Total Mean Last Ratio
Tests Runs 5 mat
National Stadium, Dhaka 10 2229 222.9 238 1.07
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy 16 4098 256.1 173 0.68
Kingsmead, Durban 16 4333 270.8 247 0.91
Basin Reserve, Wellington 24 6752 281.3 231 0.82
National Stadium, Karachi 12 3446 287.2 299 1.04
Sabina Park, Kingston 15 4373 291.5 320 1.10
Eden Park, Auckland 16 4706 294.1 282 0.96
S.S.C Ground, Colombo 29 8966 309.2 278 0.90
M.A.C Stadium, Chennai 9 2871 319.0 285 0.89
Kensington, Bridgetown 19 6115 321.8 344 1.07
Wanderers, Johannesburg 19 6118 322.0 261 0.81
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 16 5204 325.2 363 1.12
Melbourne Cricket Ground 20 6707 335.4 318 0.95
Sydney Cricket Ground 22 7900 359.1 399 1.11
Lord's, London 32 11665 364.5 449 1.23
Headingley, Leeds 16 5860 366.2 407 1.11
Eden Gardens, Calcutta 9 3348 372.0 426 1.15
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 19 7090 373.2 431 1.16
Kennington Oval, London 19 7380 388.4 374 0.96
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Having read it, it is meaningless. Its a poor methodology.
Why 19 yrs? Why only pick a small proportion of grounds? Why give equal weighting to all innings? The sample size is too small and ignoring scores of 500-5 actually hurts easy batting tracks. How can 300-2 count the same as 300 all out? Having read it, I think its impossible to draw any conclusions from it.
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I think this is a fairer and more representative list. Over the same period (since 1990), every ground that has hosted at least 10 test matches, excluding any games between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, sorted by average runs per wicket fallen.
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Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua - West Indies 1990-2006 17 8 0 9 18255 482 36465 37.87 3.00 Old Trafford, Manchester - England 1990-2008 16 9 0 7 17947 498 34312 36.03 3.13 Kennington Oval, London - England 1990-2008 19 14 0 5 20937 583 38907 35.91 3.22 Sydney Cricket Ground - Australia 1990-2009 22 16 0 6 24478 685 46767 35.73 3.14 Lord's, London - England 1990-2008 32 20 0 12 34200 965 63978 35.44 3.20 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore - Pakistan 1990-2007 16 8 0 8 15823 447 29177 35.39 3.25 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai - India 1993-2008 10 6 0 4 9640 274 19001 35.18 3.04 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - Sri Lanka 1992-2008 29 22 0 7 30338 873 59836 34.75 3.04 Adelaide Oval - Australia 1990-2008 20 16 0 4 23351 677 46672 34.49 3.00 P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo - Sri Lanka 1993-2008 10 7 0 3 10265 300 19323 34.21 3.18 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo - Zimbabwe 1994-2005 15 9 0 6 15126 443 31583 34.14 2.87 AMI Stadium, Christchurch - New Zealand 1990-2006 12 9 0 3 11992 352 24393 34.06 2.94 W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth - Australia 1991-2008 19 16 0 3 20195 601 36263 33.60 3.34 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane - Australia 1990-2008 19 15 0 4 19816 591 38099 33.52 3.12 Headingley, Leeds - England 1991-2008 16 14 0 2 16751 503 31032 33.30 3.23 Newlands, Cape Town - South Africa 1993-2008 19 16 0 3 19668 592 39404 33.22 2.99 Trent Bridge, Nottingham - England 1990-2008 17 11 0 6 18059 544 35193 33.19 3.07 Eden Park, Auckland - New Zealand 1990-2006 16 11 0 5 17085 527 33844 32.41 3.02 National Stadium, Karachi - Pakistan 1990-2007 12 11 0 1 13329 412 25919 32.35 3.08 Basin Reserve, Wellington - New Zealand 1990-2008 24 18 0 6 22727 706 46656 32.19 2.92 Edgbaston, Birmingham - England 1990-2008 17 14 0 3 16611 524 30431 31.70 3.27 Galle International Stadium - Sri Lanka 1998-2008 13 9 0 4 12460 395 27012 31.54 2.76 Kingsmead, Durban - South Africa 1992-2008 16 10 0 6 15042 488 30547 30.82 2.95 Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australia 1990-2008 20 18 0 2 20099 654 41386 30.73 2.91 SuperSport Park, Centurion - South Africa 1995-2008 14 12 0 2 12463 407 22996 30.62 3.25 The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - South Africa 1992-2007 19 14 0 5 18828 618 36335 30.46 3.10 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - West Indies 1990-2008 19 16 0 3 19880 653 39268 30.44 3.03 Harare Sports Club - Zimbabwe 1992-2005 24 16 0 8 22380 740 48464 30.24 2.77 Seddon Park, Hamilton - New Zealand 1991-2008 14 8 0 6 13424 447 27142 30.03 2.96 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad - Pakistan 1990-2006 11 7 0 4 11458 385 22047 29.76 3.11 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica - West Indies 1990-2009 17 13 0 3 14891 510 30021 29.19 2.97 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy - Sri Lanka 1993-2007 17 13 0 4 14312 510 28475 28.06 3.01 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth - South Africa 1992-2007 11 8 0 3 10279 377 22413 27.26 2.75 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad - West Indies 1990-2008 16 13 0 3 14440 555 31386 26.01 2.76 |
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in India 1990-2008 74 49 0 25 77727 2244 156078 34.63 2.98 in England 1990-2008 120 85 0 35 127155 3703 238212 34.33 3.20 in Australia 1990-2009 111 89 0 22 119023 3537 229874 33.65 3.10 in Pakistan 1990-2007 64 43 0 21 64701 1963 124643 32.96 3.11 in Sri Lanka 1992-2008 79 54 0 25 76806 2345 154938 32.75 2.97 in New Zealand 1990-2008 76 50 0 26 74368 2297 150220 32.37 2.97 in Zimbabwe 1992-2005 40 25 0 15 38469 1202 81901 32.00 2.81 in West Indies 1990-2009 86 56 0 30 85240 2666 172815 31.97 2.95 in South Africa 1992-2008 85 66 0 19 81987 2655 162149 30.88 3.03 in Bangladesh 1999-2009 26 24 0 2 23682 774 44761 30.59 3.17 in United Arab Emirates 2002-2002 4 4 0 0 3684 130 7083 28.33 3.12 |
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