15th Match - South Africa v West Indies

[ankitj]

Would be interesting to see if there are any examples of players who vastly outperformed their career averages/reputations in World Cups. Shaun Tait?

I'm sure it happens but not more often than the bounds of statistical uncertainty. Precisely why only world cups matter is moot. Good players do well, bad players to badly. Rarely would you see Venkaypathy Raju becoming world beater in world cup and Akram struggling because it's world cup.

I know you are not saying anything contrary to that. Just taking off from your question.

 

[vcs]

I'm sure it happens but not more often than the bounds of statistical uncertainty. Precisely why only world cups matter is moot. Good players do well, bad players to badly. Rarely would you see Venkaypathy Raju becoming world beater in world cup and Akram struggling because it's world cup.

I know you are not saying anything contrary to that. Just taking off from your question.

Yeah I meant weird cases like Bichel because of a small sample size. We have examples of the opposite like Inzamam (I think, I remember him having a really poor run in one of the World Cups).

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Bichel was quality, one of the best bowlers in the best era of Sheffield Shield cricket. Him and Kasprowicz would have to be the greatest new ball partnership in Shield history

Statistically I'm pretty sure they are the most successful Shield new ball partnership

 

[ankitj]

Yeah I meant weird cases like Bichel because of a small sample size. We have examples of the opposite like Inzamam (I think, I remember him having a really poor run in one of the World Cups).

Hmm. On the other hand Inzamam played a big hand in Pakistan's 92 triumph.

 

[sunilz]

Would be interesting to see if there are any examples of players who vastly outperformed their career averages/reputations in World Cups. Shaun Tait?

Rahul Dravid has better record in WC than Tendulkar . Sample size is small however.
Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

 

[morgieb]

Would be interesting to see if there are any examples of players who vastly outperformed their career averages/reputations in World Cups. Shaun Tait?

Geoff Allott was the leading wicket-taker in the 99 World Cup. Not sure on the rest of his career figures but it does seem like a well timed one-hit wonder.

EDIT: Overall record was 52 wickets @ 23.21, without the 99 WC it was 32 wickets @ 27.56 (though his ER was a concerning 5.28). So not a massive discrepency, but still somewhat significant.

 

[mr_mister]

Neil Johnsons record within and without the '99 WC included would be interesting

 

[Howe_zat]

99 world cup:

8 matches, 367 runs at 52, 12 wickets at 19.91

Rest of career:

40 matches, 1312 runs at 33, 23 wickets at 42.35