viriya
International Captain
Introducing Peak Ratings - an attempt to find the best teams, batting line-ups and bowling attacks in history for Tests and ODIs.
The methodology is pretty simple. For each team, the current batting and bowling ratings of its players at each match is aggregated and stored historically. To identify the best teams/batting line-ups/bowling attacks in history, peak ratings (where the aggregate rating before and after the considered match is lower) are used.
Some of the interesting views from this exercise:
- Best Test teams (by aggregate player current ratings) of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - Test Player (some interesting teams near the top)
- Best Test batting line-ups of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - Test Batting (usual suspects at the top)
- Best ODI bowling attacks of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - ODI Bowling
- Sri Lanka ODI aggregate player rating over time: cricrate | Sri Lanka - ODI Player (currently as bad as the early 90s
)
For Tests, the batting ratings of all players who batted for the team are considered, while the first 5 to bowl are considered for bowling ratings. The aggregate bowling rating is adjusted by a factor of 1.5 to account for the importance of bowling in Tests and better line-up when aggregating with the batting ratings.
For ODIs, the batting ratings of the first 8 to bat are considered, with bowling ratings constituting the first 6 to bowl.
This is to ensure that a multitude of bits-and-pieces players don't skew the comparisons between teams.
An important point is that Team ratings and Team player ratings are different - one is based on just the results of matches the other is the aggregate of the current player ratings as of the match considered.
Appreciate any feedback!
The methodology is pretty simple. For each team, the current batting and bowling ratings of its players at each match is aggregated and stored historically. To identify the best teams/batting line-ups/bowling attacks in history, peak ratings (where the aggregate rating before and after the considered match is lower) are used.
Some of the interesting views from this exercise:
- Best Test teams (by aggregate player current ratings) of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - Test Player (some interesting teams near the top)
- Best Test batting line-ups of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - Test Batting (usual suspects at the top)
- Best ODI bowling attacks of all-time: cricrate | Peak Ratings - ODI Bowling
- Sri Lanka ODI aggregate player rating over time: cricrate | Sri Lanka - ODI Player (currently as bad as the early 90s
)For Tests, the batting ratings of all players who batted for the team are considered, while the first 5 to bowl are considered for bowling ratings. The aggregate bowling rating is adjusted by a factor of 1.5 to account for the importance of bowling in Tests and better line-up when aggregating with the batting ratings.
For ODIs, the batting ratings of the first 8 to bat are considered, with bowling ratings constituting the first 6 to bowl.
This is to ensure that a multitude of bits-and-pieces players don't skew the comparisons between teams.
An important point is that Team ratings and Team player ratings are different - one is based on just the results of matches the other is the aggregate of the current player ratings as of the match considered.
Appreciate any feedback!
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