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  1. Days of Grace

    Weightings for average, strike-rate, wickets per innings et al

    I am currently working on the next edition of my top 100 test batsmen and bowlers in addition to my soon-to-be released top 50 ODI batsmen and bowlers. The final sticking point I have is how much weightage to assign to the career metrics for batsmen and bowlers. Here are the current weightings...
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    Adam Parore

    Adam Parore interview on Runner’s Only! Podcast There’s a very candid recent interview with Adam Parore available on YouTube. He talks about his cricket career in the first 45 minutes, then he shares his experiences climbing Everest in the second half. The last part is him discussing the Tall...
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    DoG's ODI Batting and Bowling Performances

    Inspired by this thread http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/the-greatest-odi-innings-of-all-time.89487/, I decided to begin work on the greatest ODI batting and bowling performances using my own system, which is very similar to the one I use for rating test performances. The criteria for...
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    Can Tim Southee pass Sir Richard?

    After the time of posting, Tim Southee has taken 359 wickets in 92 matches. He is 2 behind Daniel Vettori (361) and 72 behind Sir Richard Hadlee (431). If he takes 4 wickets per test (his career rate is 3.90) then he will need 18 more tests to equal Hadlee. It is not inconceivable for him to...
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    Test batsmen and bowlers peaks. Criteria: At least 5 years and at least 40 innings

    I have settled on a method to analyze test batsmen and bowlers peaks. The criteria is at least five years AND 40 innings. It can be longer, of course. The goal is to find the best averages for each batsman and bowler within the set criteria. Unlike 40 innings or five calendar years, which are...
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    Wickets per match or wickets per innings?

    I am currently in the process of updating my top 100 test batsmen and bowlers list, which I expect to post on the forum by the end of the year. When calculating the merits of batsmen, I have settled on average, runs per innings (a measure of productivity), and strike-rate. The weighting is...
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    ICC test team ratings adjusted

    Cricinfo has recently released an article about the recent update of the ICC official test team ratings system, as developed by David Kendix. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-test-rankings-how-australia-became-no-1-and-india-slipped-to-third-1298333 Australia has gone to number 1 whilst...
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    Your All-time Premier League XI

    Four Four Two Magazine recently published an article on their 100 greatest premier league players. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/gallery/ranked-100-greatest-premier-league-players-ever The top 10 were as follows: 1. Thierry Henry 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 3. Alan Shearer 4. Wayne Rooney 5. Eric...
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    Five year peaks - point to point (excel help)

    Hope everyone is doing well during these weird times. I'm working on my next version of my ratings for test batsmen and test bowlers. Also working on the ODI version. I've decided to measure a batsman or bowler's peak by 5 years rather than a number of innings. I noticed that, particularly for...
  10. Days of Grace

    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Greetings, It is time for me to do my top 100 test batsmen countdown. There have been some changes to my formula since I did the test bowlers countdown last year. The two biggest changes are: 1. Runs per innings has been added as a factor. This has replaced the points-per-innings used in the...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen: Discussion thread

    Hi all, I will in the coming months present my top 100 test batsmen of all time using my standard countdown formula. Before I do so, I want to make this countdown list more interactive, in that I want my fellow posters to decide on what measures I should use and how much weight to give each...
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    Strike-rates of some famous batsmen from year's past

    Charles Davis of z-score has his own blog where he re-scores and, where possible, does ball-by-ball analysis of test matches from 1877-the early 1970s. In my analysis for my eventual top 100 test batsmen list, I have used the z-score blog to ascertain the career strike-rates of batsmen from...
  13. Days of Grace

    What Qualifies as a Test Allrounder?

    Just thinking about the criteria I should set for my test allrounders list. Currently, it is an adjusted batting average of 20.00 or more and 1 or more wickets per innings. This eliminates batting allrounders such as Steve Waugh and Dougie Walters who would otherwise finish high up the list...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Bowlers Countdown Thread 100-1

    Greetings, Some of the veteran posters here may recall five years ago I did a Top 100 Test Batsmen countdown. There were multiple threads which can be found by searching the threads started by myself. The project worked very well and I had tremendous feedback. Five years later (long overdue!)...
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    DoG's Test and ODI Team Ratings- Update Thread

    Having settled on a formula for rating test and one-day international teams across history, I have made this thread to post updates in the current standings and to answer any questions on how the formula works and what were the ratings of teams in the past. For now, I will post the current...
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    Ken Barrington: an appreciation

    I don't think this guy gets the accolades he deserves. In fact, I think he is a fascinating study. His record and standing in the game's history is a great example of how context plays a major part in how you're remembered. Conversely, he can be viewed as a great example of how stats without...
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    What are the most important statistical measures for test bowlers?

    Been rethinking my test bowling ratings recently. I can't decide whether to rate bowlers on a combination of bowling average/strike rate or strike rate/economy rate and what ratio to give each measure. At the moment I am leaning towards a combination of strike-rate/economy rate with a...
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    Test team ratings since 1877

    I have spent the last few months working on a system that ranks teams based on results at home/away and quality of opposition. I have come up with the following current ranking for teams: India 626 South Africa 594 Australia 581 New Zealand 522 England 509 Pakistan 501 Sri Lanka 498 West...
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    Team ratings question

    Have had a bit of a conundrum in the past few days deciding how to apply a team's batting/bowling rating (as seen in my thread on top 100 test batting and bowling performances) to a working batting/bowling average. The best teams for both batting and bowling have a rating around 750, whilst the...
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    Question on Standardizing batting and bowling averages

    Been working a lot on standardizing averages for test batsmen and bowlers. But I am always getting stuck on one point: For example, Bowler A bowls in two innings. One is against a strong batting lineup with let's say a team average of 40 (I also take into account match conditions). Against...

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